Isaiah Chapter 59 verse 11 Holy Bible
We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
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We make noises of grief, like bears, and sad sounds like doves: we are looking for our right, but it is not there; for salvation, but it is far from us.
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We roar all like bears, and mourn grievously like doves: we look for judgment, and there is none; for salvation, [but] it is far from us.
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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.
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We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
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We make a noise as bears -- all of us, And as doves we coo sorely; We wait for judgment, and there is none, For salvation -- it hath been far from us.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 11. - We roar all like bears; rather, we growl. The verb is used commonly of the "roaring" of the sea (Isaiah 17:12; Isaiah 51:15; Jeremiah 6:23; 31:45; 50:42; 51:55); but is applied also to the noise made by a dog (Psalm 59:6, 14). Here it represents the deep murmur of discontent, which alternates with the mournful tones of Israel's despondency - the latter being compared to the melancholy cooing of the dove (see ch. 38:14). We look for judgment, but there is none, etc. The same complaint as in ver. 9, clause 1.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(11) We roar all like bears . . .--The comparison is not found elsewhere in Scripture, but Horace (Epp. xvi. 51) gives "circumgemit ursus ovile." For the dove, comp. Isaiah 38:14; Ezekiel 7:16.
