Isaiah 59:9
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
Read Isaiah 59 Compare translations Original words
Cross references
- Isaiah 5:30 They will roar against them in that day like the roaring of the sea. If one looks to the land, behold, darkness and distress. The light is darkened in its clouds.
- Job 30:26 When I looked for good, then evil came. When I waited for light, darkness came.
- Jeremiah 8:15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!