Bible Verses Like Isaiah 59:9

“Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness.”

 

Bible verses related to Isaiah 59:9 (similar cross-references)


Isaiah 5:30 - And in that day they shall roar against them like the roaring of the sea: and if one look unto the land, behold darkness and sorrow, and the light is darkened in the heavens thereof.   (Verses like Isaiah 5:30)

Job 30:26 - When I looked for good, then evil came unto me: and when I waited for light, there came darkness.   (Verses like Job 30:26)

Jeremiah 8:15 - We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!   (Verses like Jeremiah 8:15)

Jeremiah 14:19 - Hast thou utterly rejected Judah? hath thy soul lothed Zion? why hast thou smitten us, and there is no healing for us? we looked for peace, and there is no good; and for the time of healing, and behold trouble!   (Verses like Jeremiah 14:19)

Lamentations 5:16-17 - The crown is fallen from our head: woe unto us, that we have sinned!For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.   (Verses like Lamentations 5:16)

Amos 5:18-20 - Woe unto you that desire the day of the LORD! to what end is it for you? the day of the LORD is darkness, and not light.As if a man did flee from a lion, and a bear met him; or went into the house, and leaned his hand on the wall, and a serpent bit him.Shall not the day of the LORD be darkness, and not light? even very dark, and no brightness in it?   (Verses like Amos 5:18)

Micah 1:12 - For the inhabitant of Maroth waited carefully for good: but evil came down from the LORD unto the gate of Jerusalem.   (Verses like Micah 1:12)

Habakkuk 1:13 - Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?   (Verses like Habakkuk 1:13)

1 Thessalonians 5:3 - For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.   (Verses like 1 Thessalonians 5:3)