Isaiah 9:2
The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light.Those who lived in the land of the shadow of death, on them the light has shined.
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Job 10:21before I go where I shall not return from,to the land of darkness and of the shadow of death;
Psalms 23:4Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,I will fear no evil, for you are with me.Your rod and your staff, they comfort me.
Psalms 107:14He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death,and broke their bonds in sunder.
Isaiah 50:10Who is among you who fears the Lord, who obeys the voice of his servant? He who walks in darkness, and has no light, let him trust in the name of the Lord, and rely on his God.
Isaiah 60:19The sun shall be no more your light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light to you: but the Lord will be to you an everlasting light, and your God your glory.
Micah 7:8Do not rejoice against me, my enemy.When I fall, I will arise.When I sit in darkness, the Lord will be a light to me.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 9:2-8
Judgment and Mercy; The Promise of Gospel Grace; The Promise of Messiah; The Titles of Messiah. ( b. c. 740.) 1 Nevertheless the dimness shall not be such as was in her vexation, when at the first he lightly afflicted the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, and afterward did more grievously afflict her by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, in Galilee of the nations. 2 The people that walked in darkness have seen a great light: they that dwell in the land of the shadow of death, upon them hath the light… Read the whole commentary →