Isa 9:2, 42:6-7, 49:6, 60:1-3, Hos 6:3, Mal 4:2, Joh 1:4-9, 3:19, 9:5, 12:35 | ESV | STEP | The people who walked in darkness have seen a great light ; those who dwelt in a land of deep darkness , on them has light shone .

b[See ver. 1 above]

Isaiah 9:2

2 ^{▼▼Ch 9:1 in Hebrew} ^bThe people ^cwho walked in darkness
have seen a great light;
those who dwelt in a land of ^ddeep darkness,
on them has light shone.

Isaiah 42:6-7

6 “I am the Lord; ^eI have called you ^{▼▼The Hebrew for you is singular; four times in this verse} in righteousness;
I will take you by the hand and keep you;
I will give you ^gas a covenant for the people,
^ha light for the nations,
7 ⁱto open the eyes that are blind,
to bring out the prisoners from the dungeon,
^jfrom the prison those who sit in darkness.

Isaiah 49:6

6 he says:
“It is too light a thing that you should be my servant
to raise up the tribes of Jacob
and to bring back the preserved of Israel;
^kI will make you ^las a light for the nations,
that ^mmy salvation may reach to the end of the earth.”

Isaiah 60:1-3

The Future Glory of Israel

1 ⁿArise, shine, for your light has come,
and ^othe glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 ^pAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.

Hosea 6:3

3 ^qLet us know; ^rlet us press on to know the Lord;
^shis going out is sure as the dawn;
he will come to us ^tas the showers,
^uas the spring rains that water the earth.”

Malachi 4:2

2 But for you ^vwho fear my name, ^wthe sun ^xof righteousness shall rise ^ywith healing in its wings. You shall go out ^zleaping like calves from the stall.

John 1:4-9

4 ^aaIn him was life, ^{▼▼Or was not any thing made. That which has been made was life in him} and ^acthe life was the light of men. 5 ^adThe light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.

6 There was a man ^aesent from God, whose name was ^afJohn. 7 He came as a ^agwitness, to bear witness about the light, ^ahthat all might believe through him. 8 ^aiHe was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light.

9 ^ajThe true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

John 3:19

19 ^akAnd this is the judgment: ^althe light has come into the world, and ^ampeople loved the darkness rather than the light because ^antheir works were evil.

John 9:5

5 As long as I am in the world, ^aoI am the light of the world.”

John 12:35

35 So Jesus said to them, ^ap“The light is among you ^aqfor a little while longer. ^arWalk while you have the light, lest darkness ^asovertake you. ^atThe one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.