Indeed, the residents of Maroth ¹  hope for something good to happen, ²  though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem. ³ 

biblegateway Mic 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth Becomes weak waiting for good, Because a calamity has come down from the LORD To the gate of Jerusalem.

Though the residents of Maroth anxiously wait for something good, calamity has come from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

Wait anxiously for good, inhabitants of Maroth. From the LORD disaster will come on the gates of Jerusalem.

biblegateway Mic 1:12

Those who live in Maroth writhe in pain, waiting for relief, because disaster has come from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, because disaster has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

bibleoremus Mic 1:12

For the inhabitants of Maroth wait anxiously for good, yet disaster has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

The people of Maroth are in the depths of despair, for disaster from the LORD has come down to the very gate of Jerusalem.

biblegateway Mic 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth pined for good, But disaster came down from the LORD To the gate of Jerusalem.

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

biblegateway Mic 1:12

Indeed, the residents of Maroth ¹  hope for something good to happen, ²  though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem. ³ 

¹ sn The place name Maroth sounds like the Hebrew word for “bitter.”

² tc The translation assumes an emendation of חָלָה (khalah; from חִיל, khil, “to writhe”) to יִחֲלָה (yikhalah; from יָחַל, yakhal, “to wait”).

² tn Heb “[the residents of Maroth] writhe [= “anxiously long for”?] good.”

³ tn Heb “though disaster has come down from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.”