Isaiah 59:11

New English Translation

We all growl like bears, we coo mournfully like doves; we wait for deliverance, but there is none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Cross References

Psalm 119:150

Those who are eager to do wrong draw near; they are far from your law.

Psalm 119:155

The wicked have no chance for deliverance, for they do not seek your statutes.

Psalm 38:8

I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.

Psalm 55:2

Pay attention to me and answer me! I am so upset and distressed, I am beside myself,

Psalm 85:9

Certainly his loyal followers will soon experience his deliverance; then his splendor will again appear in our land.

Isaiah 38:14

Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp, I coo like a dove; my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. O sovereign master, I am oppressed; help me!

Isaiah 51:20

Your children faint; they lie at the head of every street like an antelope in a snare. They are left in a stupor by the Lord’s anger, by the battle cry of your God.

Isaiah 59:14

Justice is driven back; godliness stands far off. Indeed, honesty stumbles in the city square and morality is not even able to enter.

Isaiah 59:8

They are unfamiliar with peace; their deeds are unjust. They use deceitful methods, and whoever deals with them is unfamiliar with peace.

Isaiah 59:9

For this reason deliverance is far from us and salvation does not reach us. We wait for light, but see only darkness; we wait for a bright light, but live in deep darkness.

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.

Jeremiah 9:1

(8:23) I wish that my head were a well full of water and my eyes were a fountain full of tears! If they were, I could cry day and night for those of my dear people who have been killed.

Lamentations 3:17

I am deprived of peace; I have forgotten what happiness is.

Ezekiel 7:16

Their survivors will escape to the mountains and become like doves of the valleys; all of them will moan – each one for his iniquity.

Hosea 7:14

They do not pray to me, but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from me.

Nahum 2:7

Nineveh is taken into exile and is led away; her slave girls moan like doves while they beat their breasts.

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh was like a pool of water throughout her days, but now her people are running away; she cries out: “Stop! Stop!” – but no one turns back.