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 their property; they longed for good, but evil was the Lord’s decree against Jerusalem.
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Micah 1:12
12 For the inhabitantc of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.