Isaiah 59:9

They do not know and do not understand; They walk about in darkness; All the foundations of the earth are shaken.

The way of the wicked is like thick darkness; They do not know over what they stumble.

Then they will look to the earth, and behold, distress and darkness, the gloom of anguish; and they will be banished into thick darkness.

They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever treads on them does not know peace.

All of us growl like bears, And moan sadly like doves; We hope for justice, but there is none, For salvation, but it is far from us.

Give glory to Yahweh your God, Before He brings darkness And before your feet stumble On the dusky mountains; And while you are hoping for light, He makes it into the shadow of death And turns it into dense gloom.

Jerusalem sinned greatly; Therefore she has become an impure thing. All who honored her despise her Because they have seen her nakedness; Even she herself sighs and turns away.

He has driven me and made me walk In darkness and not in light.

They wandered, blind, in the streets; They were defiled with blood So that no one could touch their garments.

“And it will be in that day,” declares Lord Yahweh, “That I will make the sun go down at noon And make the earth dark in broad daylight.

For the inhabitant of Maroth Writhes in waiting for good Because a calamity has come down from Yahweh To the gate of Jerusalem.

Transgressing and Denying Yahweh