Isaiah 59:9-11

International Children’s Bible

⁹ Fairness has gone far away.
    Goodness is nowhere to be found.
We wait for the light, but there is only darkness now.
    We hope for a bright light, but all we have is darkness.
¹⁰ We are like blind people feeling our way along a wall.
    We have to feel our way as if we had no eyes.
In the brightness of day we trip as if it were night.
    We are like dead men among the strong.
¹¹ All of us growl like the bears.
    We call out sadly like the doves.
We look for justice, but there isn’t any.
    We want to be saved, but salvation is far away.