Isaiah 59:11

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We growl like bears and mourn like doves. We hope for justice and victory, but they escape us.

Cross References

Psalm 119:150

People who disobey your Law have made evil plans and want to hurt me,

Psalm 119:155

Evil people won't obey you, and so they have no hope of being saved.

Psalm 38:8

I am worn out and weak, moaning and in distress.

Psalm 55:2

Please listen and help me. My thoughts are troubled, and I keep groaning

Psalm 85:9

You are ready to rescue everyone who worships you, so that you will live with us in all your glory.

Isaiah 38:14

I cry like a swallow; I mourn like a dove. My eyes are red from looking to you, LORD. I am terribly abused. Please come and help me.

Isaiah 51:20

The LORD your God is angry, and on every street corner your children lie helpless, like deer trapped in nets.

Isaiah 59:14

Injustice is everywhere; justice seems far away. Truth is chased out of court; honesty is shoved aside.

Isaiah 59:8

You don't know how to live in peace or to be fair with others. The roads you make are crooked; your followers cannot find peace.

Isaiah 59:9

No one has come to defend us or to bring about justice. We hoped for a day of sunshine, but all we found was a dark, gloomy night.

Jeremiah 8:15

We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.

Jeremiah 9:1

I wish that my eyes were fountains of tears, so I could cry day and night for my people who were killed.

Lamentations 3:17

I cannot find peace or remember happiness.

Ezekiel 7:16

Anyone who survives will escape into the hills, like doves who leave the valleys to find safety. All of you will moan because of your sins.

Hosea 7:14

They don't really pray to me; they just howl in their beds. They have rejected me for Baal and slashed themselves, in the hope that Baal will bless their crops.

Nahum 2:7

Nineveh is disgraced. The queen is dragged off. Her servant women mourn; they sound like doves, and they beat their breasts in sorrow.

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh is like a pond with leaking water. Shouts of “Stop! Don't go!” can be heard everywhere. But everyone is leaving.