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For the inhabitant of Maroth waiteth anxiously for good, because evil is come down from Jehovah unto the gate of Jerusalem.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

For the inhabitant of Maroth – (bitterness) – waited carefully for good. She waited carefully for the good which God gives, not for the Good…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Waited carefully. —There are various ways of arriving at the interpretation of the words, but the result is the same. The people o…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet here mentions another city, Maroth, and others as well in the following verses. But in this verse he says that Maroth would be in sorro…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good Or, "though [they] waited for good" F18 ; expected to h…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The prophet laments that Israel's case is desperate; but declare it not in Gath. Do not gratify those who make merry with the sins or with…

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