Isaiah 59:9
"Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness."
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Parallel scriptures and linked biblical themes for Isaiah 59:9.
"And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof. and the light...: or, when it is light, it shall be dark in the destructions thereof"
"When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness."
"Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!"
"For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem. waited...: or, was grieved"
"Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?"
"We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!"
"For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape."