Isaiah 59:10

We grope for the wall like the blind, like those who cannot see. 1 We stumble at noonday as in the twilight; among the strong we are like dead men. 1

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We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men.

In Context

9Therefore justice is far from us, nor does righteousness reach us. 1 We wait for light, but see darkness; we look for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 1

11We growl like bears and moan like doves; 1 we wait for justice, but there is none; for rescue, but it is far from us. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:29You will grope about at noonday like the blind grope in the darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; you will be always oppressed and robbed, and there will be no one to save you.

Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is like darkness— 1 they do not know what it is they stumble over. 1

Jeremiah 13:16Give honor to Yahweh your God before he brings darkness, 1 and before he causes your feet to stumble on the mountains at twilight. 1 For you are hoping for light, but he will turn the place into a deep darkness, into a dark cloud. 1

Lamentations 4:14They wandered, blind, through the streets. 1 They were so defiled by that blood that no one was allowed to touch their clothes. 1

John 11:9Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of light in a day? If someone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.

John 12:40“He has blinded their eyes, and he has hardened their hearts; 1 otherwise they would see with their eyes and understand with their hearts, 1 and turn, 1 and I would heal them.”

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:10-16

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 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. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. 11 We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. 12 For our transgressions… Read the whole commentary →

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