Isaiah 59:9
Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
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- Isaiah 5:30 And they shall roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold, darkness and distress; and the light is darkened in the clouds thereof.
- Job 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came; And when I waited for light, there came darkness.
- Jeremiah 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!