Isaiah 59:9

New Century Version

Fairness has gone far away; goodness is nowhere to be found. We wait for the light, but there is only darkness now. We hope for a bright light, but all we have is darkness.

Cross References

Job 19:8

God has blocked my way so I cannot pass; he has covered my paths with darkness.

Job 30:26

But when I hoped for good, only evil came to me; when I looked for light, darkness came.

Psalm 82:5

“You know nothing. You don’t understand. You walk in the dark, while the world is falling apart.

Proverbs 4:19

But the wicked walk around in the dark; they can’t even see what makes them stumble.

Isaiah 5:30

On that day they will roar like the waves of the sea. And when people look at the land, they will see only darkness and pain; all light will become dark in this thick cloud.

Isaiah 59:11

All of us growl like the bears. We call out sadly like the doves. We look for justice, but there isn’t any. We want to be saved, but salvation is far away.

Isaiah 59:14

So we have driven away justice, and we have kept away from what is right. Truth is not spoken in the streets; what is honest is not allowed to enter the city.

Isaiah 59:8

They don’t know how to live in peace, and there is no fairness in their lives. They are dishonest. Anyone who lives as they live will never have peace.

Isaiah 8:21

People will wander through the land troubled and hungry. When they become hungry, they will become angry and will look up and curse their king and their God.

Isaiah 8:22

They will look around them at their land and see only trouble, darkness, and awful gloom. And they will be forced into the darkness.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings darkness and before you slip and fall on the dark hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it into thick darkness; he will change it into deep gloom.

Jeremiah 14:19

Lord, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why have you hurt us so badly that we cannot be made well again? We hoped for peace, but nothing good has come. We looked for a time of healing, but only terror came.

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped to have peace, but nothing good has come. We hoped for a time when he would heal us, but only terror has come.

Lamentations 3:2

He led me into darkness, not light.

Lamentations 4:14

They wandered in the streets as if they were blind. They were dirty with blood, so no one would touch their clothes.

Amos 8:9

The Lord God says: “At that time I will cause the sun to go down at noon and make the earth dark on a bright day.

Micah 1:12

Those who live in Maroth will be anxious for good news to come, because trouble will come from the Lord, all the way to the gate of Jerusalem.

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too good to look at evil; you cannot stand to see those who do wrong. So how can you put up with those evil people? How can you be quiet when the wicked swallow up people who are better than they are?

1 Thessalonians 5:3

While people are saying, “We have peace and we are safe,” they will be destroyed quickly. It is like pains that come quickly to a woman having a baby. Those people will not escape.