Isaiah 59:9
New King James Version
Sin Confessed
9 Therefore justice is far from us,
Nor does righteousness overtake us;
(A)We look for light, but there is darkness!
For brightness, but we walk in blackness!
Isaiah 5:30
New King James Version
30 In that day they will roar against them
Like the roaring of the sea.
And if one (A)looks to the land,
Behold, darkness and [a]sorrow;
And the light is darkened by the clouds.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 5:30 distress
1 Thessalonians 5:3
New King James Version
3 For when they say, “Peace and safety!” then (A)sudden destruction comes upon them, (B)as labor pains upon a pregnant woman. And they shall not escape.
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Habakkuk 1:13
New King James Version
13 You are of purer eyes than to behold evil,
And cannot look on wickedness.
Why do You look on those who deal treacherously,
And hold Your tongue when the wicked devours
A person more righteous than he?
Micah 1:12
New King James Version
12 For the inhabitant of [a]Maroth [b]pined for good,
But (A)disaster came down from the Lord
To the gate of Jerusalem.
Footnotes
- Micah 1:12 Lit. Bitterness
- Micah 1:12 Lit. was sick
Amos 5:18-20
New King James Version
18 (A)Woe to you who desire the day of the Lord!
For what good is (B)the day of the Lord to you?
It will be darkness, and not light.
19 It will be (C)as though a man fled from a lion,
And a bear met him!
Or as though he went into the house,
Leaned his hand on the wall,
And a serpent bit him!
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, and not light?
Is it not very dark, with no brightness in it?
Lamentations 5:16-17
New King James Version
16 (A)The crown has fallen from our head.
Woe to us, for we have sinned!
17 Because of this our heart is faint;
(B)Because of these things our eyes grow dim;
Jeremiah 14:19
New King James Version
The People Plead for Mercy
19 (A)Have You utterly rejected Judah?
Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that (B)there is no healing for us?
(C)We looked for peace, but there was no good;
And for the time of healing, and there was trouble.
Jeremiah 8:15
New King James Version
15 “We (A)looked for peace, but no good came;
And for a time of health, and there was trouble!
Job 30:26
New King James Version
26 (A)But when I looked for good, evil came to me;
And when I waited for light, then came darkness.
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