Isaiah 38:14

Modern English Version

Like a crane or a swallow, so I twitter; I mourn as a dove; my eyes look wistfully upward. O  Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me.

Cross References

Isaiah 59:11

We all roar like bears and mourn sadly like doves; we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Psalm 69:3

I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; my eyes grow dim while I wait for my God.

Nahum 2:7

It is decreed: She is uncovered and led away captive; her handmaidens shall lead her as with the voice of doves, beating their chests.

Ezekiel 7:16

Even when their survivors escape, they shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them mourning, every one over his iniquity.

Job 30:29

I am a brother of jackals and a companion of owls.

Lamentations 4:17

Our eyes failed us, watching vainly for help; in our watchtowers we watched for a nation that could not save us.

Psalm 143:7

Answer me quickly, O  Lord; my spirit fails! Hide not Your face from me, lest I be like those who go down into the pit.

Psalm 119:82

My eyes fail from reading Your word, saying, “When will You comfort me?”

Job 17:3

“Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands with me?

Hebrews 7:22

Through this oath Jesus became the guarantor of a better covenant.

Psalm 55:2

Attend to me, and answer me; I am restless in my complaint, and I murmur,

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh is like a pool whose waters run away. “Halt! Halt!” they cry, but no one turns back.