Isaiah 59:11
New Living Translation
11 We growl like hungry bears;
we moan like mournful doves.
We look for justice, but it never comes.
We look for rescue, but it is far away from us.
Isaiah 38:14
New Living Translation
14 Delirious, I chattered like a swallow or a crane,
and then I moaned like a mourning dove.
My eyes grew tired of looking to heaven for help.
I am in trouble, Lord. Help me!”
Ezekiel 7:16
New Living Translation
16 The survivors who escape to the mountains
will moan like doves, weeping for their sins.
Hosea 7:14
New Living Translation
14 They do not cry out to me with sincere hearts.
Instead, they sit on their couches and wail.
They cut themselves,[a] begging foreign gods for grain and new wine,
and they turn away from me.
Footnotes
- 7:14 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads They gather together.
Jeremiah 9:1
New Living Translation
9 [a]If only my head were a pool of water
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
for all my people who have been slaughtered.
Footnotes
- 9:1 Verse 9:1 is numbered 8:23 in Hebrew text.
Jeremiah 8:15
New Living Translation
15 We hoped for peace, but no peace came.
We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’
Isaiah 59:9
New Living Translation
9 So there is no justice among us,
and we know nothing about right living.
We look for light but find only darkness.
We look for bright skies but walk in gloom.
Isaiah 51:20
New Living Translation
20 For your children have fainted and lie in the streets,
helpless as antelopes caught in a net.
The Lord has poured out his fury;
God has rebuked them.
Psalm 119:155
New Living Translation
155 The wicked are far from rescue,
for they do not bother with your decrees.
Psalm 85:9
New Living Translation
9 Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
so our land will be filled with his glory.
Psalm 38:8
New Living Translation
8 I am exhausted and completely crushed.
My groans come from an anguished heart.
Psalm 32:3-4
New Living Translation
3 When I refused to confess my sin,
my body wasted away,
and I groaned all day long.
4 Day and night your hand of discipline was heavy on me.
My strength evaporated like water in the summer heat. Interlude
Job 30:28-29
New Living Translation
28 I walk in gloom, without sunlight.
I stand in the public square and cry for help.
29 Instead, I am considered a brother to jackals
and a companion to owls.
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