Isaiah 59:11
We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 59 connects to 10 cross-references. The Lord's hand is not too short to save nor his ear too heavy to hear, but iniquities have separated the people from God. A catalogue of social corruption follows. God sees there is no justice and no intercessor so …
Other Translations
We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
We make a noise as bears--all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation--it hath been far from us.
We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.
Cross References
I went mourning without the sun: I stood up, and I cried in the congregation.
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.
For day and night thy hand was heavy upon me: my moisture is turned into the drought of summer. Selah.
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him; that glory may dwell in our land.
Salvation is far from the wicked: for they seek not thy statutes.
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with …
Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: …
Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, …