Micah 1:12

For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good,.... Or, "though they waited for good" (r); expected to have it, yet the reverse befell them: or "verily they were grieved for good" (s); for the…

For the inhabitant of Maroth - (bitterness) waited carefully for good She waited carefully for the good which God gives, not for the Good which God is. She looked, longed for, good, as men do; but…

The inhabitant of Maroth - There was a city of a similar name in the tribe of Judah, Jos 15:59.

We have here a long train of mourners attending the funeral of a ruined kingdom.

I. The prophet is himself chief mourner (Mic 1:8, Mic 1:9): I will wail and howl; I will go stripped and naked, as a…

Maroth The name might mean Bitternesses, i.e. -perfect grief." Comp. Rth 1:20, -Call me Mara, for the Lord hath made it bitter unto me," i.e. hath grieved me.

waited carefully Rather, hath been in…