Isaiah 59:11

We growl like bears all of us, And, like doves, do we, mournfully coo,—We wait For justice, and there is none, For salvation it is far from us!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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, as blind men for a wall, Yea, as men without eyes, do we grope,—We have stumbled at broad noon as though it were twilight, In desolate places like the dead!

12For our transgressions have multiplied before thee, And, our sins, have witnessed against us,—For, our transgressions, are with us, And as for our iniquities, we acknowledge them:

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Cross References

Job 30:28In gloom, I walked along, without sun, I arose—in the convocation, I cried out for help;

Psalms 38:8I am benumbed and crushed exceedingly,—I have cried aloud because of the groaning of my heart.

Psalms 119:150They have drawn near, who pursue villainy, From thy law, have they gone far away.

Isaiah 38:14As a twittering swallow, so, do I chatter, I coo as a dove,—Mine eyes languish through looking on high, O My Lord! distress is upon me—my Surety!

Isaiah 59:9For this cause, hath justice removed far from us, And righteousness overtaketh us not,—We wait for light, But lo! darkness, For brightness, In thick darkness, we walk:

Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters, And mine eyes a fountain of tears,—That I might weep day and night, For the slain of the daughter of my people!

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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