Isaiah 59:9

Catholic Public Domain Version

Because of this, judgment is far from us, and justice will not take hold of us. We waited for light, and behold, darkness; we waited for brightness, and we walked in darkness.

Cross References

Job 19:8

He has hemmed in my path, and I cannot pass; he has added darkness to my difficult path.

Job 30:26

I expected good things, but evil things have come to me. I stood ready for light, yet darkness burst forth.

Psalm 82:5

They have said, "Come, let us scatter them from the nations and not allow the name of Israel to be remembered any longer."

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.

Isaiah 5:30

And in that day, they will make a noise over it, like the sound of the sea. We will gaze out toward the land, and behold, the darkness of the tribulation, and even the light has been darkened by its gloom.

Isaiah 59:11

We will all roar like bears, and we will sigh like despondent doves. We hoped for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, and it is far from us.

Isaiah 59:14

And judgment has been turned backwards, and justice has stood far away. For truth has fallen down in the street, and fairness was not able to enter.

Isaiah 59:8

They have not known the way of peace, and there is no judgment in their steps. Their paths have become crooked for them. Anyone who treads in them knows no peace.

Isaiah 8:21

And he will pass by it; he will fall and become hungry. And when he is hungry, he will become angry, and he will speak evil against his king and his God, and he will lift himself upward.

Isaiah 8:22

And he will gaze downward to the earth, and behold: tribulation and darkness, dissolution and distress, and a pursuing gloom. For he will not be able to fly away from its distress.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God, before darkness falls, and before your feet stumble on the darkened mountains. You will expect light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death and into utter darkness.

Jeremiah 14:19

Could you have utterly cast out Judah? Or has your soul abhorred Zion? Then why have you struck us, so much so that there is no health for us? We have waited for peace, but there is nothing good, and for the time of healing, and behold, trouble.

Jeremiah 8:15

We expected peace, but there was nothing good. We expected a time of health, and behold, dread."

Lamentations 3:2

ALEPH. He has driven me and led me into darkness, and not into light.

Lamentations 4:14

NUN. They have wandered in the streets like the blind; they have been defiled with blood. And when they were not able, they held their garments.

Amos 8:9

And it will be in that day, says the Lord God, that the sun will decline at midday, and I will cause the earth to become dark on the day of light.

Micah 1:12

For she has been weakened in goodness, who dwells in bitterness. For disaster has descended from the Lord to the gate of Jerusalem.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are pure, you do not behold evil, and you cannot look towards iniquity. Why do you look upon the agents of iniquity, and remain silent, while the impious is devouring one who is more just than himself?

1 Thessalonians 5:3

For when they will say, "Peace and security!" then destruction will suddenly overwhelm them, like the labor pains of a woman with child, and they will not escape.