Isaiah 59:9
Therefore 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.
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- Isaiah 5:30 In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
- Job 30:26 But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.
- Jeremiah 8:15 We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.