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Isaiah 59:9

WEB

9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

KJV

9¶ Therefore is judgment[+] far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.

BSB

9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

FBV

9So that's why we don't have justice, and we don't do what's right. We look for the light, but only find the dark; we look for bright light, but we walk in deep darkness.

Extra References

Isaiah 5:30

30They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.

Job 30:26

26When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.

Micah 1:12

12For the inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because evil has come down from the LORD to the gate of Jerusalem.

Amos 5:18-20

18“Woe to you who desire the day of the LORD! Why do you long for the day of the LORD? It is darkness, and not light. 19As if a man fled from a lion, and a bear met him; or he went into the house and leaned his hand on the wall, and a snake bit him. 20Won’t the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? Even very dark, and no brightness in it?

Jeremiah 14:19

19Have you utterly rejected Judah? Has your soul loathed Zion? Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us? We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

Jeremiah 8:15

15We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!

1 Thessalonians 5:3

3For when they are saying, “Peace and safety,” then sudden destruction will come on them, like birth pains on a pregnant woman. Then they will in no way escape.

Lamentations 5:16-17

16The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned! 17For this our heart is faint. For these things our eyes are dim:

Habakkuk 1:13

13You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,