Isaiah 38:14

New International Reader's Version

I cried softly like a weak little bird. I sounded like a dove as I mourned. My eyes grew tired as I looked up toward heaven. Lord, my life is in danger. Please come and help me!

Cross References

Job 17:3

“God, please pay the price to have me set free. Who else would put up money for me?

Job 30:29

I’ve become a brother to wild dogs. Owls are my companions.

Psalm 119:82

My eyes grow tired looking for what you have promised. I say, “When will you comfort me?”

Psalm 143:7

Lord, answer me quickly. I’m growing weak. Don’t turn your face away from me, or I will be like those who go down into the grave.

Psalm 55:2

Hear me and answer me. My thoughts upset me. I’m very troubled.

Psalm 69:3

I’m worn out from calling for help. My throat is very dry. My eyes grow tired looking for my God.

Isaiah 59:11

All of us growl like hungry bears. We sound like doves as we mourn. We want the Lord to do what is fair and save us. But he doesn’t do it. We long for him to set us free. But the time for that seems far away.

Lamentations 4:17

And that’s not all. Our eyes grew tired. We looked for help that never came. We watched from our towers. We kept looking for a nation that couldn’t save us.

Ezekiel 7:16

All those who escape and are left alive will run to the mountains. They will sound like doves of the valley when they cry over their sins.

Nahum 2:7

The attackers order that Nineveh’s people be taken away as prisoners. The female slaves sound like doves as they mourn. They beat their chests.

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. “Stop running away!” someone cries out. But no one turns back.

Hebrews 7:22

Because God gave his word, Jesus makes certain the promise of a better covenant.