Isaiah 59:11

New International Version

We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away.

Cross References

Psalm 119:150

Those who devise wicked schemes are near, but they are far from your law.

Psalm 119:155

Salvation is far from the wicked, for they do not seek out your decrees.

Psalm 38:8

I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

Psalm 55:2

hear me and answer me. My thoughts trouble me and I am distraught

Psalm 85:9

Surely his salvation is near those who fear him, that his glory may dwell in our land.

Isaiah 38:14

I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”

Isaiah 51:20

Your children have fainted; they lie at every street corner, like antelope caught in a net. They are filled with the wrath of the Lord, with the rebuke of your God.

Isaiah 59:14

So justice is driven back, and righteousness stands at a distance; truth has stumbled in the streets, honesty cannot enter.

Isaiah 59:8

The way of peace they do not know; there is no justice in their paths. They have turned them into crooked roads; no one who walks along them will know peace.

Isaiah 59:9

So justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We look for light, but all is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in deep shadows.

Jeremiah 8:15

We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there is only terror.

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.

Lamentations 3:17

I have been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is.

Ezekiel 7:16

The fugitives who escape will flee to the mountains. Like doves of the valleys, they will all moan, each for their own sins.

Hosea 7:14

They do not cry out to me from their hearts but wail on their beds. They slash themselves, appealing to their gods for grain and new wine, but they turn away from me.

Nahum 2:7

It is decreed that Nineveh be exiled and carried away. Her female slaves moan like doves and beat on their breasts.

Nahum 2:8

Nineveh is like a pool whose water is draining away. “Stop! Stop!” they cry, but no one turns back.