Micah 1:12

For be grieved for good, the dweller of Maroth, for evil came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 14:19

Have You utterly rejected Judah? Or has Your soul hated Zion? Why have You stricken us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for the time of healing, and behold, trouble!

Isaiah 59:9-11

Therefore judgment is far from us; nor does justice overtake us. We wait for light, but behold, dimness; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

Amos 3:6

If a ram's horn is blown in a city, will the people not also tremble? If there is a calamity in a city, has Jehovah not also done it?

Micah 1:9

For her wounds are not curable; for it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of My people, to Jerusalem.

Ruth 1:20

And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara. For the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

1 Samuel 4:13

And he came in, and behold, Eli sat on a 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, then darkness came.

Isaiah 45:7

forming the light and creating darkness; making peace and creating evil. I Jehovah do all these things.

Jeremiah 8:15

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

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Summary

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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Maroth

Ruth 1:20
And she said to them, Do not call me Naomi, call me Mara. For the Almighty has dealt very bitterly with me.

Waited carefully

1 Samuel 4:13
And he came in, and behold, Eli sat on a 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, then darkness came.
Isaiah 59:9
Therefore judgment is far from us; nor does justice overtake us. We wait for light, but behold, dimness; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, but behold, trouble!
Jeremiah 14:19
Have You utterly rejected Judah? Or has Your soul hated Zion? Why have You stricken us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for the time of healing, and behold, trouble!

But

Micah 1:9
For her wounds are not curable; for it has come to Judah; it has reached to the gate of My people, to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 45:7
forming the light and creating darkness; making peace and creating evil. I Jehovah do all these things.
Amos 3:6
If a ram's horn is blown in a city, will the people not also tremble? If there is a calamity in a city, has Jehovah not also done it?

General references

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