Isaiah 59:9
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9 Therefore justice is far from us,
and righteousness does not overtake us;
(A)we hope for light, and behold, darkness,
and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Isaiah 5:30
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30 They will growl over it on that day,
like the growling of the sea.
And if one looks to the land,
behold, (A)darkness and distress;
and the light is darkened by its clouds.
1 Thessalonians 5:3
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3 While people are saying, “There is peace and security,” then (A)sudden destruction will come upon them (B)as labor pains come upon a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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Habakkuk 1:13
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13 You who are (A)of purer eyes than to see evil
and cannot look at wrong,
(B)why do you idly look at traitors
and (C)remain silent when the wicked swallows up
the man more righteous than he?
Micah 1:12
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12 For the inhabitants of Maroth
wait anxiously for good,
because disaster has come down (A)from the Lord
to the gate of Jerusalem.
Amos 5:18-20
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18 Woe to you who desire (A)the day of the Lord!
Why would you have the day of the Lord?
(B)It is darkness, and not light,
19 (C)as if a man fled from a lion,
and a bear met him,
or went into the house and leaned his hand against the wall,
and a serpent bit him.
20 (D)Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
Lamentations 5:16-17
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16 (A)The crown has fallen from our head;
woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 For this (B)our heart has become sick,
for these things (C)our eyes have grown dim,
Jeremiah 14:19
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19 (A)Have you utterly rejected Judah?
Does your soul loathe Zion?
Why have you struck us down
(B)so that there is no healing for us?
(C)We looked for peace, but no good came;
(D)for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
Jeremiah 8:15
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15 (A)We looked for peace, but no good came;
for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
Job 30:26
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