Verse 1
Shadows fell across the brazen altar (Ezek. 10:18-19)
Babylonian soldiers snuffed its flame (I Kings 25:1-21, II Chron. 36:17-21, Jer. 52:12-27, Ps. 74:3-8)
All the priests whom God had told to stoke it
Left in chains, in darkness, and in shame (I Kings 25:1-21, II Chron. 36:17-21, Jer. 52:12-27)
Pre-Chorus
How long?
How long, Father? (Ps. 13:1-2, Ps. 79:1-5)
Till light will dawn forever in You? (Is. 9:2, Matt. 4:16, Luke 1:79, II Pet. 1:19)
In You?
Chorus
The people who walked
In darkness have seen
A great light (Isa. 9:2, Matt. 4:16, Isa. 42:6-7)
In the shadow of death (Isa. 9:2, Ps. 23:4)
The shadow of death
Light has shined (Isa. 9:2, Matt. 4:16, Luke 1:79)
Verse 2
Then Messiah came and walked among them (John 4:25-26)
Light the darkness did not comprehend (John 1:5)
And the priests who should have hailed His coming
Sought instead to bring about His end (Matt. 21:45-46, Matt. 26:3-4, Matt. 27:20, Mark 11:18, Mark 14:1-2, Mark 15:11, Luke 19:47, Luke 20:19, Luke 22:2, Luke 23:23, Luke 24:20, John 1:11, John 11:45-57, John 19:6, John 19:15)
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Verse 3
Galilee once more lies in the darkness (Isa. 9:1, Matt. 4:15)
Naphtali and Zebulun dispersed (Isa. 9:1, Matt. 4:15)
How long till God gathers in His remnant (Deut. 30:3-5, Isa. 10:20-22, Isa. 11:11-12, Jer. 23:3, Jer. 29:14, Jer. 31:10, Ezek. 36:24, Ezek. 37:21-22, Ezek. 38:8, Mic. 5:3, Rom. 11:26)
Till they love the One Who loved them first? (I John 4:19, Jer. 31:3)
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