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For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.
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Verse 12. Weak, and so forth Jerusalem is become weak unto any good; because she dwells in the bitterness of sin. Challoner.—Prot. “the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good.” Bible.—We know not of any place called Maroth. Grotius would substitute Ramoth. Calmet.—Bitterness. Saint Jerome “Maroth.” Sym. “provoking to bitterness.” They are unable to defend their possessions. Bible.
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