12 For the inhabitant of [a]Maroth
[b](A)Waits for something good,
Because a disaster has come down from the Lord
To the (B)gate of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:12 I.e., bitterness
  2. Micah 1:12 Or possibly has been in agony for

12 Those who live in Maroth[a] writhe in pain,
    waiting for relief,(A)
because disaster(B) has come from the Lord,
    even to the gate of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 1:12 Maroth sounds like the Hebrew for bitter.