Isaiah 59:11

We all growl like dubim (bears), 1 and moan continually like yonim (doves); 1 we look for mishpat, but there is none; 1 for Yeshu'ah (Salvation), but it is far off from us. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10We grope by the wall like the ivrim (blind), 1 and we grope as if we had no einayim (eyes); 1 we stumble at tzohorayim (noon) as in twilight; 1 we are in full vigor and stout, yet we are as mesim (dead ones). 1

12Because peysha'einu (our rebellions) have multiplied before Thee, 1 and chattoteinu (our sins) testify against us; 1 for peysha'einu are still with us; 1 and as for avonoteinu (our iniquities), we acknowledge them: 1

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Cross References

Job 30:28I went mourning without the sun; 1 I stood up, and I cried out in the kahal. 1

Psalms 38:8For my loins are filled with burning; 1 and there is no health in my basar. 1

Psalms 119:150They draw near that follow after wicked schemes; 1 they are far from Thy torah. 1

Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chirp; 1 I did moan like a yonah; 1 mine eyes grew weak from looking heavenward; 1 Adonoi, I am oppressed; go surety for me. 1

Isaiah 59:9Therefore is mishpat (justice) far from us, 1 neither doth tzedakah overtake us; 1 we wait for ohr, but, hinei, choshech; 1 for negohot (brightness), but we walk in gloom. 1

Jeremiah 9:1Oh that I had in the midbar 1 a malon orkhim (travelersʼ lodge); 1 that I might leave my people, 1 and go from them! 1 For they are all no'afim (adulterers), 1 an atzeret bogedim (band of treacherous traitors). 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 59:10-16

The Prevalence and Effects of Sin. ( b. c. 706.) 9 Therefore is judgment far from us, neither doth justice overtake us: we wait for light, but behold obscurity; for brightness, but we walk in darkness. 10 We grope for the wall like the blind, and we grope as if we had no eyes: we stumble at noonday as in the night; we are in desolate places as dead men. 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. 12 For our transgressions… Read the whole commentary →

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