Isaiah 59:11

New American Bible - revised edition

Like bears we all growl, like doves we moan without ceasing. We cry out for justice, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.

Cross References

Psalm 119:150

Malicious persecutors draw near me; they are far from your law.

Psalm 119:155

Salvation is far from sinners because they do not cherish your statutes.

Psalm 38:8

My loins burn with fever; there is no wholesomeness in my flesh.

Psalm 55:2

Listen, God, to my prayer; do not hide from my pleading;

Psalm 85:9

I will listen for what God, the Lord, has to say; surely he will speak of peace To his people and to his faithful. May they not turn to foolishness!

Isaiah 38:14

Like a swallow I chirp; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weary looking heavenward: Lord, I am overwhelmed; go security for me!

Isaiah 51:20

Your children lie helpless at every street corner like antelopes in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, the rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 59:14

Judgment is turned away, and justice stands far off; For truth stumbles in the public square, and uprightness cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they know not, and there is no justice on their paths; Their roads they have made crooked, no one who walks in them knows peace.

Isaiah 59:9

That is why judgment is far from us and justice does not reach us. We look for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, and we walk in gloom!

Jeremiah 8:15

We wait for peace to no avail; for a time of healing, but terror comes instead.

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh, that I had in the wilderness a travelers’ lodging! That I might leave my people and depart from them. They are all adulterers, a band of traitors.

Lamentations 3:17

My life is deprived of peace, I have forgotten what happiness is;

Ezekiel 7:16

If their survivors flee, they will die on the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley on account of their guilt.

Hosea 7:14

They have not cried to me from their hearts when they wailed upon their beds; For wheat and wine they lacerated themselves; they rebelled against me.

Nahum 2:7

The river gates are opened, the palace is washed away.

Nahum 2:8

The mistress is led forth captive, and her maidservants led away, Moaning like doves, beating their breasts.