Micah 1:12
The inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because bad came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 14:19
Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us so hard that we cannot heal? We hope for peace, but no good comes from it. We hope for a time of healing, but there's only terror.
Isaiah 59:9-11
That is why justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light and we walk in darkness. We hope for brightness but we walk in gloom.
Amos 3:6
Will the trumpet be blown in a city and the people not be afraid? Will disaster happen to a city and Jehovah not cause it?
Micah 1:9
Samaria's wound is incurable! It came as far as Judah. It even reached to the gate of my people, Jerusalem.
Ruth 1:20
She said: Do not call me Naomi (meaning pleasant). Call me Mara, because the Almighty has made my life bitter.
1 Samuel 4:13
Eli was very worried about the Ark of the Covenant. He sat besides the road staring. When the man spread the news throughout the town everyone cried out in fear.
Job 30:26
When I expected good evil came. When I waited for light darkness came.
Isaiah 45:7
I make light and create darkness. I make blessings and create disasters. I, Jehovah, do all these things.
Jeremiah 8:15
We waited for peace, but no good came. We waited for a time of healing, but all we got was terror!