Discovery BoxMicah 1:12 
Context1:12 Indeed, the residents of Maroth 1 hope for something good to happen, 2
though the Lord has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem. 3
Micah 4:4
Context4:4 Each will sit under his own grapevine
or under his own fig tree without any fear. 4
The Lord who commands armies has decreed it. 5
1 sn The place name Maroth sounds like the Hebrew word for “bitter.”
2 tc The translation assumes an emendation of חָלָה (khalah; from חִיל, khil, “to writhe”) to יִחֲלָה (yikhalah; from יָחַל, yakhal, “to wait”).
tn Heb “[the residents of Maroth] writhe [= “anxiously long for”?] good.”
3 tn Heb “though disaster has come down from the
4 tn Heb “and there will be no one making [him] afraid.”
5 tn Heb “for the mouth of the
