Verse 2

The people who went in the dark have seen a great light, and for those who were living in the land of the deepest night, the light is shining.

Referenced Verses

  • Matt 4:16 : 16 The people who were in the dark saw a great light, and to those in the land of the shade of death did the dawn come up.
  • Eph 5:8 : 8 For you at one time were dark, but now are light in the Lord: let your behaviour be that of children of light
  • Luke 1:78-79 : 78 Because of the loving mercies of our God, by which the dawn from heaven has come to us, 79 To give light to those in dark places, and in the shade of death, so that our feet may be guided into the way of peace.
  • Luke 2:32 : 32 A light of revelation to the Gentiles, and the glory of your people Israel.
  • John 8:12 : 12 Then again Jesus said to them, I am the light of the world; he who comes with me will not be walking in the dark but will have the light of life.
  • Job 10:21 : 21 Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,
  • John 12:46 : 46 I have come as a light into the world, so that no one who has faith in me will go on living in the dark.
  • Ps 23:4 : 4 Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
  • Isa 9:1 : 1 In earlier times he made the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali of small value, but after that he gave it glory, by the way of the sea, on the other side of Jordan, Galilee of the nations.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you has the fear of the Lord, giving ear to the voice of his servant who has been walking in the dark and has no light? Let him put his faith in the name of the Lord, looking to his God for support.
  • Isa 60:1-3 : 1 Up! let your face be bright, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord is shining on you. 2 For truly, the earth will be dark, and the peoples veiled in blackest night; but the Lord will be shining on you, and his glory will be seen among you. 3 And nations will come to your light, and kings to your bright dawn.
  • Isa 60:19 : 19 The sun will not be your light by day, and the moon will no longer be bright for you by night: but the Lord will be to you an eternal light, and your God your glory.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a special people, a holy nation, priests and kings, a people given up completely to God, so that you may make clear the virtues of him who took you out of the dark into the light of heaven.
  • 1 John 1:5-7 : 5 This is the word which came to us from him and which we give to you, that God is light and in him there is nothing dark. 6 If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue: 7 But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
  • Eph 5:13-14 : 13 But all things, when their true quality is seen, are made clear by the light: because everything which is made clear is light. 14 For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.
  • John 12:35 : 35 Jesus said to them, For a little time longer the light will be among you; while you have the light go on walking in it, so that the dark may not overtake you: one walking in the dark has no knowledge of where he is going.
  • Amos 5:8 : 8 Go for help to him who makes Orion and the Pleiades, by whom the deep dark is turned into morning, who makes the day black with night; whose voice goes out to the waters of the sea, sending them out over the face of the earth: the Lord is his name;
  • Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Do not be glad because of my sorrow, O my hater: after my fall I will be lifted up; when I am seated in the dark, the Lord will be a light to me. 9 I will undergo the wrath of the Lord, because of my sin against him; till he takes up my cause and does what is right for me: when he makes me come out into the light, I will see his righteousness;
  • Ps 107:14 : 14 He took them out of the dark and the black night, and all their chains were broken.