TSK · Luke 1:79

to the land of utter darkness, like the deepest darkness, and the deepest shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”

The LORD is both kind and fair; that is why he teaches sinners the right way to live.

Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

They sat in utter darkness, bound in painful iron chains,

Her ways are very pleasant, and all her paths are peaceful.

(9:1) The people walking in darkness see a bright light; light shines on those who live in a land of deep darkness.

I will lead the blind along an unfamiliar way; I will guide them down paths they have never traveled. I will turn the darkness in front of them into light, and level out the rough ground. This is what I will do for them. I will not abandon them.

There will be no prosperity for the wicked,” says the LORD.

You will say to the prisoners,‘Come out,’ and to those who are in dark dungeons,‘Emerge.’ They will graze beside the roads; on all the slopes they will find pasture.

They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’

the people who sit in darkness have seen a great light, and on those who sit in the region and shadow of death a light has dawned.”

a light, for revelation to the Gentiles, and for glory to your people Israel.”

Jesus as the Light of the World Then Jesus spoke out again,“I am the light of the world! The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”

I have come as a light into the world, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness.

and the way of peace they have not known.”

But you, brothers and sisters, are not in the darkness for the day to overtake you like a thief would.