Bible Cross References
Maroth
Ruth 1:20
"Don't call me Naomi," she answered; "call me Marah, because Almighty God has made my life bitter.
waited carefully
1 Samuel 4:13
Eli, who was very worried about the Covenant Box, was sitting in his seat beside the road, staring. The man spread the news throughout the town, and everyone cried out in fear.
Job 30:26
I hoped for happiness and light, but trouble and darkness came instead.
Isaiah 59:9-11
9
The people say, "Now we know why God does not save us from those who oppress us. We hope for light to walk by, but there is only darkness,
10
and we grope about like blind people. We stumble at noon, as if it were night, as if we were in the dark world of the dead.
11
We are frightened and distressed. We long for God to save us from oppression and wrong, but nothing happens.
Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for peace and a time of healing, but it was no use; terror came instead.
Jeremiah 14:19
LORD, have you completely rejected Judah? Do you hate the people of Zion? Why have you hurt us so badly that we cannot be healed? We looked for peace, but nothing good happened; we hoped for healing, but terror came instead.
but
Micah 1:9
Samaria's wounds cannot be healed, and Judah is about to suffer in the same way; destruction has reached the gates of Jerusalem itself, where my people live."
Isaiah 45:7
I create both light and darkness; I bring both blessing and disaster. I, the LORD, do all these things.
Amos 3:6
Does the war trumpet sound in a city without making the people afraid? Does disaster strike a city unless the LORD sends it?