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Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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In that day they will roar over it like the roaring of the sea. And if one looks at the land, there is only darkness and distress; even the sun will be darkened by clouds.
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The Darkness Turns to Light
When someone tells you to consult mediums and spiritists, who whisper and mutter, should not a people inquire of their God? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
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Then they will look toward the earth and see only distress and darkness and fearful gloom, and they will be thrust into utter darkness.
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The people walking in darkness have seen a great light; on those living in the land of deep darkness a light has dawned.
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Woe to those who go to great depths to hide their plans from the Lord, who do their work in darkness and think, “Who sees us? Who will know?”
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In that day the deaf will hear the words of the scroll, and out of gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see.
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to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.
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I will lead the blind by ways they have not known, along unfamiliar paths I will guide them; I will turn the darkness into light before them and make the rough places smooth. These are the things I will do; I will not forsake them.
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I form the light and create darkness, I bring prosperity and create disaster; I, the Lord, do all these things.
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I have not spoken in secret, from somewhere in a land of darkness; I have not said to Jacob’s descendants, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, the Lord, speak the truth; I declare what is right.
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“Sit in silence, go into darkness, queen city of the Babylonians; no more will you be called queen of kingdoms.
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to say to the captives, ‘Come out,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Be free!’ “They will feed beside the roads and find pasture on every barren hill.
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I clothe the heavens with darkness and make sackcloth its covering.”
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and if you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed, then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday.
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So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.
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See, darkness covers the earth and thick darkness is over the peoples, but the Lord rises upon you and his glory appears over you.
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The Year of the Lord’s Favor
The Spirit of the Sovereign Lord is on me, because the Lord has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners,
