Micah 1:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the inhabitantc of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. ”

Micah 1:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For the inhabitant of Maroth - (bitterness) waited carefully for good She waited carefully for the good which God gives, not for the Good which God is. She looked, longed for, good, as men do; bu...
Micah 1:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the (m) gate of Jerusalem. (m) For Rabshakeh had shut up Jerusalem, so that they could not send to help...
Micah 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Dirge on Israel's Downfall. This is a difficult and corrupt passage, playing on the names of towns and villages which are chosen for their assonances or their ominous suggestions, in a way impo...
Micah 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Maroth waited carefully. The inhabitress of Bitter town bitterly grieved for her goods [taken from her]. evil . calamity. Hebrew. ra'a'. App-44. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. Not by ch...
Micah 1:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet joins here another city even Maroth, and others also in the following verses. But in this verse he says, that Maroth would be in sorrow for a lost good. The verb חול, chul, mean...
Micah 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. The inhabitant of Maroth - There was a city of a similar name in the tribe of Juda...
Micah 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited, &c.— For she who dwelleth in Maroth is sick even to death; because evil came down, &c. See 2 Kings 20:1 . A reason is here given why Beth-ezel, or...
Micah 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. For the inhabitant of Maroth - possibly the same as Maarath ( Joshua 15:59...
Micah 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Judgment on Samaria and Judah Sargon destroyed Samaria, the capital of North Israel, 722 or 721. Micah, about 720 b.c., declaring ( Micah 1:6 ) that Samaria's fall has been due to its sin, announc...
Micah 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Waited carefully. — There are various ways of arriving at the interpretation of the words, but the result is the same. The people of Maroth were in distress; they were grieved at the spoiling of th...
Micah 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MICAH THE MORASTHITE Micah 1:1-16 SOME time in the reign of Hezekiah, when the kingdom of Judah was still inviolate, but shivering to the shock of the fall of Samaria, and probably while Sargon...
Micah 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

God's Witness against His Chosen Micah 1:1-16 Micah was contemporary with Isaiah and Hosea. Jeremiah quotes from him. Compare Micah 3:12 and Jeremiah 26:18 . In Micah 1:1-4 the prophet s...
Micah 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The first message of Micah consists of a summons, a proclamation of Jehovah, and a prophetic message based on the proclamation. This division ends with an account of the intenuption of the false prop...
Micah 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I do not trespass on the Reader with observations on what is here said; it is sufficient to remark, that the Prophet is speaking of the low estate of the Church, and he calls in the neighboring natio...
Micah 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good ,.... Or, "though [they] waited for good" r; expected to have it, yet the reverse befell them: or "verily [they were] grieved for good" s; for...
Micah 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. Ver. 12. For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good ] Or, shall gri...
Micah 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Declare ye it not in Gath Lest the Philistines triumph. The words seem to be taken out of David s lamentation over Saul and Jonathan, 2 Samuel 1:20 , where see the note. Weep ye not at all Or,...
Micah 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgments Predicted. B. C. 743. 8 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped a...
Micah 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For; yet, or certainly, as the Hebrew particle is often to be rendered. The inhabitant; one put for all, because all should fare alike. Maroth: some say it is by transposing the letters put for...
Micah 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Lament For The Cities of Judah ( Micah 1:10-16 ). These cities lay in the path of Sennacherib as he advanced on Jerusalem after defeating the Egyptian army, and subjugating Philistia, and they i...
Micah 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES . Micah 1:10 .] The Prophet thinks now of the malicious joy of heathen neighbours. Ten places are mentioned in Micah 1:10-15 to depict what would happen in them. In most cases...
Micah 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:1 . Micah the Morasthite, alluding to a village in the tribe of Judah, near the city of Eleuthera, which distinguishes him from the prophet Micaiah, who foretold the defeat of Ahab. 1 Kin...
Micah 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Verse 1:1-2:13 Part I. THREATENINGS AND JUDGMENTS ON ISRAEL AND JUDAH , WITH PREDICTION OF EVENTUAL DELIVERANCE . Micah 1:1 The inscription, or headin...
Micah 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lamentation Over Judah's Chastisement
Micah 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 4:13 ; Amos 3:6 ; Isaiah 45:7 ; Isaiah 59:9-11 ; Jeremiah 14:19 ; Jeremiah 8:15 ; Job 30:26 ; Micah 1:9 ; Ruth 1:20
Micah 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Maroth — A town in Judea. But evil — The flood of affliction by the Assyrian, swallowed up other cities, and swelled even to the head city, Jerusalem.

Micah 1:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Micah 1:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Micah 1:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Micah 1:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Micah 1:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Micah 1:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Micah 1:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Micah 1:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Micah 1:12 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Micah 1:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Micah 1:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Micah 1:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Micah 1:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Micah 1:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Micah 1:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Micah 1:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Micah 1:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Micah 1:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Micah 1:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Micah 1:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Micah 1:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Micah 1:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes