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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- Isaiah 5:30
"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."
Read in chapter → - Job 30:26
"When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 14:19
"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!"
Read in chapter → - Micah 1:12
"For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem."
Read in chapter → - Habakkuk 1:13
"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?"
Read in chapter → - Lamentations 5:16
"The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!"
Read in chapter → - Amos 5:18
"Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light."
Read in chapter → - Jeremiah 8:15
"We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!"
Read in chapter → - 1 Thessalonians 5:3
"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."
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