In Isaiah 5:30, 'darkness and distress' and darkened light directly parallel the failed search for brightness here.

Isaiah 50:10 calls those walking in darkness to trust in God, offering hope where 59:9 laments the absence of light.

In Job 30:26, 'I looked for light, then came darkness' is nearly identical — both express hope betrayed by dark reality.

In Jeremiah 8:15, 'we looked for peace but no good came' mirrors the structure of disappointed hope for light.

In Jeremiah 14:19, the same line about peace and healing extends the lament — both reflect covenant judgment.

In Amos 5:18-20, the day of the LORD is darkness not light — directly parallels seeking light but finding gloom.

Jeremiah 13:16 warns of God bringing darkness when people look for light, directly paralleling the lament here.

Zephaniah 1:17 says people will walk like the blind because of sin, directly matching the themes of blindness and darkness.

Proverbs 4:19 describes the way of the wicked as deep darkness, echoing the same imagery of walking in darkness without light.

Lamentations 3:2 describes an individual made to walk in darkness rather than light, similar to the collective experience here.

In Lamentations 5:17, dim eyes parallel the gloom here — both describe physical/spiritual darkness from judgment.