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.

Cross References (9)

  • Isaiah 5:30 (4)

    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 di

  • Job 30:26 (3)

    But when I hoped for good, evil came; when I looked for light, darkness fell.

  • Amos 5:18–20 (2)

    Woe to you who long for the Day of the LORD! What will the Day of the LORD be for you? It will be darkness and not light

  • Habakkuk 1:13 (2)

    Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why

  • Lamentations 5:16–17 (2)

    The crown has fallen from our head. Woe to us, for we have sinned!

  • Jeremiah 14:19 (2)

    Have You rejected Judah completely? Do You despise Zion? Why have You stricken us so that we are beyond healing? We hope

  • Micah 1:12 (2)

    For the dwellers of Maroth pined for good, but calamity came down from the LORD, even to the gate of Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 8:15 (2)

    We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

  • 1 Thessalonians 5:3 (2)

    While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant