Micah 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 14:19

Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

Isaiah 59:9-11

Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Amos 3:6

Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

Micah 1:9

For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

Ruth 1:20

And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

1 Samuel 4:13

And when he came, lo, Eli was sitting upon his seat by the wayside watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.

Job 30:26

When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.

Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

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For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.

Maroth

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Bible References

Maroth

Ruth 1:20
And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara; for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me.

Waited carefully

1 Samuel 4:13
And when he came, lo, Eli was sitting upon his seat by the wayside watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. And when the man came into the city, and told it, all the city cried out.
Job 30:26
When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
Isaiah 59:9
Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
Jeremiah 14:19
Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul loathed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

But

Micah 1:9
For her wounds are incurable; for it is come even unto Judah; it reacheth unto the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness; I make peace, and create evil. I am Jehovah, that doeth all these things.
Amos 3:6
Shall the trumpet be blown in a city, and the people not be afraid? shall evil befall a city, and Jehovah hath not done it?

General references

Isaiah 24:12
In the city is left desolation, and the gate is smitten with destruction.
Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

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