if/else statement from a DOM object

Sorry if the title is off unsure how to word this.

I am trying to get an if/else statement to work, however it is not working for me or i am missing something. From my API I am pulled an JSON object "entity id" and the state of that id "state"

creating the entity state!

var $$ = Dom7;

 $$('[entity-status="' + entity.entity_id + '"]').html(entity.state);

Above can then be used as within my HTML and will display the state! <div entity-status='switch.office_light_2'></div> the DIV will display ON

When I try to use it in an if/else statement it dose not work.

if ($("entity-status='switch.office_light_2'") === "ON") {
    document.getElementById("live").innerHTML = "Success";
    } else {
        document.getElementById("live").innerHTML = "nope";

    }

how can i get this to work? Thanks for all your help