Micah 1:12 meaning and explanation
For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.
Micah 1:12, Berean Standard Bible
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Micah is speaking in the late eighth century BC, during the Assyrian crisis that threatened both Samaria and Jerusalem. In verse 12 he turns to a town called Maroth, whose name sounds like the Hebrew word for bitterness, and pictures its people waiting anxiously for good news.
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