Isaiah 59:11

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Cross References

Isaiah 38:14

Like a swallow or a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.

Ezekiel 7:16

But those of them that escape shall escape, and shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity.

Hosea 7:14

And they have not cried unto me with their heart, but they howl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for grain and new wine; they rebel against me.

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh 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!

Jeremiah 8:15

We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

Isaiah 59:9

Therefore is justice far from us, neither doth righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.

Isaiah 51:20

Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as an antelope in a net; they are full of the wrath of Jehovah, the rebuke of thy God.

Psalm 119:155

Salvation is far from the wicked; For they seek not thy statutes.

Psalm 85:9

Surely his salvation is nigh them that fear him, That glory may dwell in our land.

Psalm 38:8

I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

Psalm 55:2

Attend unto me, and answer me: I am restless in my complaint, and moan,

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.

Isaiah 59:14

And justice is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.

Lamentations 3:17

And thou hast removed my soul far off from peace; I forgat prosperity.

Nahum 2:7

And it is decreed: she is uncovered, she is carried away; and her handmaids moan as with the voice of doves, beating upon their breasts.

Psalm 119:150

They draw nigh that follow after wickedness; They are far from thy law.

Nahum 2:8

But Nineveh hath been from of old like a pool of water: yet they flee away. Stand, stand, they cry; but none looketh back.