Isaiah 59:11

Modern English Version

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.

Cross References

Psalm 119:150

Those who pursue wickedness draw near; they are far from Your law.

Psalm 119:155

Salvation is far from the wicked, for they seek not Your statutes.

Psalm 38:8

I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the disquietness of my heart.

Psalm 55:2

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

Psalm 85:9

Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that glory may dwell in our land.

Isaiah 38:14

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.

Isaiah 51:20

Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of all the streets as an antelope in a net; they are full of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is turned backward, and righteousness stands far off; for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they do not know, and there is no justice in their ways; they have made their paths crooked; whoever walks in them does not know peace.

Isaiah 59:9

Therefore, justice is far from us, and righteousness does not overtake us; we hope for light, and behold, darkness, and for brightness, but we walk in gloom.

Jeremiah 8:15

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

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh, that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

Lamentations 3:17

My soul is bereft of peace; I have forgotten prosperity.

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.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry to Me with their heart when they howl on their beds. They gather together for grain and wine, they rebel against Me.

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.

Nahum 2:8

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