The words: “We look for light, but see darkness”
공평이 멀고 빛을 바라나 어두움 뿐이라는 말
Isaiah 59:9–15: the text says, “Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity. We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men. We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us. For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them: transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter. Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.” These verses carry no formula naming who speaks. WEB runs 59:12 on into 59:13, where the Korean Revised Version ends 59:12 with 우리의 죄악을 우리가 아나이다 and opens 59:13 with a new sentence. WEB ends 59:15 with a full stop, where the Korean Revised Version ends it with 기뻐 아니하시고 and runs it on into 59:16.
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- ISA 59:9–15, engwebp
9Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
10We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men.
11We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us.
12For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them:
13transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
14Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter.
15Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: The words: “We look for light, but see darkness” (event-isa-59-justice-is-far-and-darkness-for-light) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/event/isa-59-justice-is-far-and-darkness-for-light Current wording: Isaiah 59:9–15: the text says, “Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness doesn’t overtake us. We look for light, but see darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity. We grope for the wall like the blind. Yes, we grope as those who have no eyes. We stumble at noon as if it were twilight. Among those who are strong, we are like dead men. We all roar like bears and moan sadly like doves. We look for justice, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far off from us. For our transgressions are multiplied before you, and our sins testify against us; for our transgressions are with us, and as for our iniquities, we know them: transgressing and denying the LORD, and turning away from following our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands far away; for truth has fallen in the street, and uprightness can’t enter. Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. The LORD saw it, and it displeased him that there was no justice.” These verses carry no formula naming who speaks. WEB runs 59:12 on into 59:13, where the Korean Revised Version ends 59:12 with 우리의 죄악을 우리가 아나이다 and opens 59:13 with a new sentence. WEB ends 59:15 with a full stop, where the Korean Revised Version ends it with 기뻐 아니하시고 and runs it on into 59:16. Cited evidence: ISA 59:9–15, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.