Yǐsaìyàshū 59:11

11 Wǒmen paó xiāo rú xióng , āi wū rú gē . zhǐwang gōngping , què shì méiyǒu . zhǐwang jiùēn , què yuǎn lí wǒmen .

Yǐsaìyàshū 59:11 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 59:11

We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves
Some in a more noisy and clamorous, others in a stiller way, yet all in private: for the bear, when robbed of its whelps, goes to its den and roars; and the dove, when it has lost its mate, mourns in solitude: this expresses the secret groanings of the saints under a sense of sin, and the forlorn state of religion. The Targum paraphrases it thus,

``we roar because of our enemies, who are gathered against us as bears; all of us indeed mourn sore as doves:''

we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far
from us;
we expect that God will take vengeance on our enemies, and save us; look for judgment on antichrist, and the antichristian states, and for the salvation of the church of God; for the vials of divine wrath on the one, and for happy times to the other; but neither of them as yet come; the reason of which is as follows.

Yǐsaìyàshū 59:11 In-Context

9 Yīncǐ gōngping lí wǒmen yuǎn , gōngyì zhuī bù shang wǒmen . wǒmen zhǐwang guāng liàng , què shì hēiàn . zhǐwang guāngmíng , què xíng yōuàn .

10 Wǒmen mó suǒ qiáng bì , hǎoxiàng xiāzi . wǒmen mó suǒ rútóng wú mù zhī rén . wǒmen shǎngwu bàn jiǎo , rú zaì huánghūn yíyàng . wǒmen zaì féizhuàng rén zhōng , xiàng sǐ rén yìbān .

11 Wǒmen paó xiāo rú xióng , āi wū rú gē . zhǐwang gōngping , què shì méiyǒu . zhǐwang jiùēn , què yuǎn lí wǒmen .

12 Wǒmen de guo fàn zaì nǐ miànqián zēng duō , zuìè zuò jiànzhèng gào wǒmen . guo fàn yǔ wǒmen tóng zaì . zhìyú wǒmen de zuìniè , wǒmen dōu zhīdào .

13 Jiù shì beìnì bú rènshi Yēhéhuá , zhuǎn qù bú gēn cóng wǒmen de shén , shuō qīyē hé pàn nì de huà , xīnhuái huǎng yán , suíjí shuō chū .