Isaiah 59:11

Translations

Modern

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Traditional

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.

Literal

We growl like bears—all of us, and we moan mournfully like doves; we wait for justice, and there is none; for salvation—it is far from us.

Latin

Rugiemus quasi ursi omnes, et quasi columbæ meditantes gememus: exspectavimus judicium, et non est; salutem, et elongata est a nobis.

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English

We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us.

Notes

Isaiah 59:11–14

The people growl and moan with longing for redemption, finally coming to terms with their sinfulness.

Isaiah 59:9–15

Israel had a long history of turning away from God. The people often rebelled against him.

In this passage, the prophet speaks for the nation. He admits their sins and expresses deep sorrow. He says they could not grasp the light of God’s salvation (they could not understand or receive the rescue God offered).

Isaiah 59:1–20

The Lord alone will bring salvation. Like a warrior, he will enter the world to defeat his enemies and protect his holy people.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Servant Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

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I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”
Ezekiel 7:16
The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
Jeremiah 8:15
We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
Psalm 32:3–4
When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
Isaiah 59:9
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
Isaiah 51:20
Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street, like an antelope in a net. They are full of the wrath of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
Hosea 7:14
They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.
Psalm 85:9
Surely His salvation is near to those who fear Him, that His glory may dwell in our land.
Psalm 119:155
Salvation is far from the wicked because they do not seek Your statutes.
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 over the slain daughter of my people.
Psalm 38:8
I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
Job 30:28–29
I go about blackened, but not by the sun. I stand up in the assembly and cry for help.

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