Isaiah 59:9
That is why justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light and we walk in darkness. We hope for brightness but we walk in gloom.
Isaiah 5:30
In that day they will roar over their prey as the sea roars. If they look at the land, they will see only darkness and distress. Thick clouds will darken even the light.
Job 30:26
When I expected good evil came. When I waited for light darkness came.
Jeremiah 8:15
We waited for peace, but no good came. We waited for a time of healing, but all we got was terror!
Jeremiah 14:19
Have you completely rejected Judah? Do you despise Zion? Why have you struck us so hard that we cannot heal? We hope for peace, but no good comes from it. We hope for a time of healing, but there's only terror.
Lamentations 5:16-17
The crown has been taken from our head. Sorrow is ours, for we are sinners.
Amos 5:18-20
Woe to you who desire the day of Jehovah! What will the day of Jehovah mean to you? It is darkness, and not light.
Micah 1:12
The inhabitant of Maroth waits anxiously for good, because bad came down from Jehovah to the gate of Jerusalem.
Habakkuk 1:13
Your eyes are too pure to look at evil. You cannot look at perversity. Why do you look at treacherous persons and not act? Why do you keep quiet when the wicked destroy the man who is more righteous?
1 Thessalonians 5:3
When they say, Peace and security! then sudden destruction will come upon them, as labor pains come to a pregnant woman. They will not escape.