Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.
Maroth
Waited carefully
General references
Bible References
Maroth
Ruth 1:20
She said to them, “Do not call me Naomi (sweetness); call me Mara (bitter), for the Almighty has caused me great grief and bitterness.
Waited carefully
1 Samuel 4:13
When he arrived, Eli was sitting on his seat by the road, keeping watch, because his heart was anxious about the ark of God. When the man arrived to report [the news] in the city, everyone in the city cried out [to God, for help].
Job 30:26
“When I expected good, then came evil [to me];
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
“When I expected good, then came evil [to me];
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
Isaiah 59:9
Therefore justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us.
We [expectantly] hope for light, but only see darkness;
We hope for gleam of light, but we walk in darkness and gloom.
Therefore justice is far from us,
And righteousness does not overtake us.
We [expectantly] hope for light, but only see darkness;
We hope for gleam of light, but we walk in darkness and gloom.
Jeremiah 8:15
We waited for peace and salvation, but no good came,
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
We waited for peace and salvation, but no good came,
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
Jeremiah 14:19
Have You [O Lord] completely rejected Judah?
Do You loathe Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us?
We looked for peace and completeness, but nothing good came;
And [we hoped] for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
Have You [O Lord] completely rejected Judah?
Do You loathe Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that there is no healing for us?
We looked for peace and completeness, but nothing good came;
And [we hoped] for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
But
Micah 1:9
For Samaria’s wound is incurable,
For it has come to Judah;
The enemy has reached the gate of my people,
Even to Jerusalem.
For Samaria’s wound is incurable,
For it has come to Judah;
The enemy has reached the gate of my people,
Even to Jerusalem.
Isaiah 45:7
The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing peace and creating disaster;
I am the Lord who does all these things.
The One forming light and creating darkness,
Causing peace and creating disaster;
I am the Lord who does all these things.
Amos 3:6
If a trumpet is blown in a city [warning of danger] will not the people tremble?
If a disaster or misfortune occurs in a city has not the Lord caused it?
If a trumpet is blown in a city [warning of danger] will not the people tremble?
If a disaster or misfortune occurs in a city has not the Lord caused it?
General references
Isaiah 24:12
Horrible desolation is left in the city,
And the gate is battered into ruins.
Horrible desolation is left in the city,
And the gate is battered into ruins.
Jeremiah 8:15
We waited for peace and salvation, but no good came,
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
We waited for peace and salvation, but no good came,
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!