Micah 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited anxiously for good: but evil came down from the LORD to 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, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

Isaiah 59:9-11

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

Amos 3:6

Shalt a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?

Micah 1:9

For her wound is incurable; for it is come to Judah; he is come to the gate of my people, even to Jerusalem.

Ruth 1:20

And she said to 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 sat upon a seat by the way-side 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 the LORD do all these things.

Jeremiah 8:15

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

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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 to 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 sat upon a seat by the way-side 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 judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.
Jeremiah 8:15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold, trouble!
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, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!

But

Micah 1:9
For her wound is incurable; for it is come to Judah; he is come to 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 the LORD do all these things.
Amos 3:6
Shalt a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD 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 health, and behold, trouble!