Isaiah 59:9

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Israel Confesses its Sin For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

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  • Isa 5:30 : 30 At that time they will growl over their prey, it will sound like sea waves crashing against rocks. One will look out over the land and see the darkness of disaster, clouds will turn the light into darkness.
  • Jer 8:15 : 15 We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.
  • Jer 14:19 : 19 Then I said,“LORD, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.
  • Lam 5:16-17 : 16 The crown has fallen from our head; woe to us, for we have sinned! 17 Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.
  • Amos 5:18-20 : 18 The Lord Demands Justice Woe to those who wish for the day of the LORD! Why do you want the LORD’s day of judgment to come? It will bring darkness, not light. 19 Disaster will be inescapable, as if a man ran from a lion only to meet a bear, then escaped into a house, leaned his hand against the wall, and was bitten by a poisonous snake. 20 Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?
  • Mic 1:12 : 12 Indeed, the residents of Maroth hope for something good to happen, though the LORD has sent disaster against the city of Jerusalem.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 You are too just to tolerate evil; you are unable to condone wrongdoing. So why do you put up with such treacherous people? Why do you say nothing when the wicked devour those more righteous than they are?
  • 1 Thess 5:3 : 3 Now when they are saying,“There is peace and security,” then sudden destruction comes on them, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will surely not escape.
  • Job 30:26 : 26 But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Isa 59:10-12
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    10We grope along the wall like the blind, we grope like those who cannot see; we stumble at noontime as if it were evening. Though others are strong, we are like dead men.

    11We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

    12For you are aware of our many rebellious deeds, and our sins testify against us; indeed, we are aware of our rebellious deeds; we know our sins all too well.

  • Isa 59:8
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    8They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

  • Isa 59:14-15
    2 verses
    78%

    14Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

    15Honesty has disappeared; the one who tries to avoid evil is robbed. The LORD watches and is displeased, for there is no justice.

  • Hab 1:4
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    4For this reason the law lacks power, and justice is never carried out. Indeed, the wicked intimidate the innocent. For this reason justice is perverted.

  • Prov 4:19
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    19The way of the wicked is like gloomy darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

  • Lam 5:17
    73%

    17Because of this, our hearts are sick; because of these things, we can hardly see through our tears.

  • Jer 8:15
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    15We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.

  • Lam 4:17-19
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    17ע(Ayin)The People of Jerusalem Lament: Our eyes continually failed us as we looked in vain for help. From our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not rescue us.

    18צ(Tsade) Our enemies hunted us down at every step so that we could not walk about in our streets. Our end drew near, our days were numbered, for our end had come!

    19ק(Qof) Those who pursued us were swifter than eagles in the sky. They chased us over the mountains; they ambushed us in the wilderness.

  • Job 37:19
    73%

    19Tell us what we should say to him. We cannot prepare a case because of the darkness.

  • Isa 40:27
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    27Why do you say, Jacob, Why do you say, Israel,“The LORD is not aware of what is happening to me, My God is not concerned with my vindication”?

  • Job 10:22
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    22to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

  • Job 19:7-8
    2 verses
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    7Job’s Abandonment and Affliction“If I cry out,‘Violence!’ I receive no answer; I cry for help, but there is no justice.

    8He has blocked my way so I cannot pass, and has set darkness over my paths.

  • Job 5:14
    73%

    14They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope about in the noontime as if it were night.

  • Dan 9:13-14
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    73%

    13Just as it is written in the law of Moses, so all this calamity has come on us. Still we have not tried to pacify the LORD our God by turning back from our sin and by seeking wisdom from your reliable moral standards.

    14The LORD was mindful of the calamity, and he brought it on us. For the LORD our God is just in all he has done, and we have not obeyed him.

  • Job 38:19
    73%

    19“In what direction does light reside, and darkness, where is its place,

  • Amos 5:20
    72%

    20Don’t you realize the LORD’s day of judgment will bring darkness, not light– gloomy blackness, not bright light?

  • Isa 8:22
    72%

    22When one looks out over the land, he sees distress and darkness, gloom and anxiety, darkness and people forced from the land.

  • Jer 14:19
    72%

    19Then I said,“LORD, have you completely rejected the nation of Judah? Do you despise the city of Zion? Why have you struck us with such force that we are beyond recovery? We hope for peace, but nothing good has come of it. We hope for a time of relief from our troubles, but experience terror.

  • Isa 59:4
    72%

    4No one is concerned about justice; no one sets forth his case truthfully. They depend on false words and tell lies; they conceive of oppression and give birth to sin.

  • Dan 9:7
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    7“You are righteous, O Lord, but we are humiliated this day– the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far away in all the countries in which you have scattered them, because they have behaved unfaithfully toward you.

  • Jer 13:16
    72%

    16Show the LORD your God the respect that is due him. Do it before he brings the darkness of disaster. Do it before you stumble into distress like a traveler on the mountains at twilight. Do it before he turns the light of deliverance you hope for into the darkness and gloom of exile.

  • Isa 64:7
    71%

    7No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

  • Job 3:9
    71%

    9Let its morning stars be darkened; let it wait for daylight but find none, nor let it see the first rays of dawn,

  • Ps 74:9
    71%

    9We do not see any signs of God’s presence; there are no longer any prophets and we have no one to tell us how long this will last.

  • Isa 29:15
    71%

    15Those who try to hide their plans from the LORD are as good as dead, who do their work in secret and boast,“Who sees us? Who knows what we’re doing?”

  • Job 8:9
    71%

    9For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow.

  • Lam 3:2
    71%

    2He drove me into captivity and made me walk in darkness and not light.

  • Isa 9:2
    71%

    2(9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

  • Job 34:22
    71%

    22There is no darkness, and no deep darkness, where evildoers can hide themselves.

  • Job 3:23
    71%

    23Why is light given to a man whose way is hidden, and whom God has hedged in?

  • Job 12:25
    70%

    25They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.

  • Zech 14:6
    70%

    6On that day there will be no light– the sources of light in the heavens will congeal.

  • Job 24:13
    70%

    13There are those who rebel against the light; they do not know its ways and they do not stay on its paths.

  • Isa 17:14
    70%

    14In the evening there is sudden terror; by morning they vanish. This is the fate of those who try to plunder us, the destiny of those who try to loot us!

  • Job 17:12
    70%

    12These men change night into day; they say,‘The light is near in the face of darkness.’

  • Job 23:8
    70%

    8The Inaccessibility and Power of God“If I go to the east, he is not there, and to the west, yet I do not perceive him.

  • Job 24:16-17
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    16In the dark the robber breaks into houses, but by day they shut themselves in; they do not know the light.

    17For all of them, the morning is to them like deep darkness; they are friends with the terrors of darkness.

  • Job 3:4
    70%

    4That day– let it be darkness; let not God on high regard it, nor let light shine on it!

  • Job 22:13
    69%

    13But you have said,‘What does God know? Does he judge through such deep darkness?

  • Job 30:26
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    26But when I hoped for good, trouble came; when I expected light, then darkness came.

  • Job 23:17
    69%

    17Yet I have not been silent because of the darkness, because of the thick darkness that covered my face.

  • Job 9:11
    69%

    11If he passes by me, I cannot see him, if he goes by, I cannot perceive him.