Isaiah 59:9

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

No one has come to defend us or to bring about justice. We hoped for a day of sunshine, but all we found was a dark, gloomy night.

Cross References

Job 19:8

God has me trapped with a wall of darkness

Job 30:26

But when I beg for relief and light, all I receive are disaster and darkness.

Psalm 82:5

“None of you know or understand a thing. You live in darkness, while the foundations of the earth tremble.

Proverbs 4:19

The lifestyle of the wicked is like total darkness, and they will never know what makes them stumble.

Isaiah 5:30

On the day they attack, they will roar like the sea. And across the land you will see nothing but darkness and trouble, because the light of day will be covered by thick clouds.

Isaiah 59:11

We growl like bears and mourn like doves. We hope for justice and victory, but they escape us.

Isaiah 59:14

Injustice is everywhere; justice seems far away. Truth is chased out of court; honesty is shoved aside.

Isaiah 59:8

You don't know how to live in peace or to be fair with others. The roads you make are crooked; your followers cannot find peace.

Isaiah 8:21

They will go around in great pain and will become so hungry that they will angrily curse their king and their gods. And when they try to find help in heaven

Isaiah 8:22

and on earth, they will find only trouble and darkness, terrible trouble and deepest darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

You hope for light, but God is sending darkness. Evening shadows already deepen in the hills. So return to God and confess your sins to him before you trip and fall.

Jeremiah 14:19

Have you rejected Judah, LORD? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound? We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Jeremiah 8:15

We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Lamentations 3:2

He chased me into a dark place, where no light could enter.

Lamentations 4:14

Yes, her prophets and priests were covered with blood; no one would come near them, as they wandered from street to street.

Amos 8:9

On that day, I, the LORD God, will make the sun go down at midday, and I will turn daylight into darkness.

Micah 1:12

Everyone in Maroth hoped for the best, but the LORD sent disaster down on Jerusalem.

Habakkuk 1:13

But you can't stand sin or wrong. So don't sit by in silence while they gobble up people who are better than they are.

1 Thessalonians 5:3

People will think they are safe and secure. But destruction will suddenly strike them like the pains of a woman about to give birth. And they won't escape.