We all growl like bears and moan like doves. We hope for justice, but find none, for salvation, but it is far from us. Cross References Psalm 55:2 Attend to me and answer me. I am restless in my complaint, and distraught Isaiah 38:14 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." Isaiah 59:8 The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace. 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 59:14 So justice is turned away, and righteousness stands at a distance. For truth has stumbled in the public square, and honesty cannot enter. Lamentations 3:17 My soul has been deprived of peace; I have forgotten what prosperity is. Ezekiel 7:16 The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. Nahum 2:7 It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts. Treasury of Scripture 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. roar Isaiah 51:20 Psalm 32:3,4 Psalm 38:8 mourn Isaiah 38:14 Job 30:28,29 Jeremiah 8:15 for salvation Psalm 85:9 Psalm 119:155 |
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