Micah 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 14:19

"Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck 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 does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Amos 3:6

Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does disaster happen to a city, unless the LORD has done it?

Micah 1:9

For her wounds are incurable; for it has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

Ruth 1:20

She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi. Call me Marah; for Shaddai has dealt very bitterly with me.

1 Samuel 4:13

When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. 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; When I waited for light, there came darkness.

Isaiah 45:7

I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am the LORD, who does 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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Maroth

Ruth 1:20
She said to them, "Do not call me Naomi. Call me Marah; for Shaddai has dealt very bitterly with me.

Waited carefully

1 Samuel 4:13
When he came, behold, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road watching; for his heart trembled for the ark of God. 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; When I waited for light, there came darkness.
Isaiah 59:9
Therefore is justice far from us, neither does 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
"Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck 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 has come even to Judah. It reaches to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 45:7
I form the light, and create darkness. I make peace, and create calamity. I am the LORD, who does all these things.
Amos 3:6
Does the trumpet alarm sound in a city, without the people being afraid? Does disaster happen to a city, unless the LORD has done it?

General references

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