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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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The Sounds of Suffering
Commentators explain the verse uses two powerful images to describe the people's distress. The "roar like bears" signifies a loud, fierce, and impatient groaning, while "moan sore like doves" depicts a quieter, more plaintive, and solitary grief. Together, they paint a picture of a community overwhelmed by suffering, expressing their pain in different but equally desperate ways.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
We roar all like bears - This is designed still further to describe the heavy judgments which had come upon them for their sins. Th…
19th Century
Anglican
We roar all like bears ... —The comparison is not found elsewhere in Scripture, but Horace (Epp. xvi. 51) gives …
16th Century
Protestant
We all roar like bears. He describes two classes of those who cannot silently endure their afflictions without making them known by extern…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
If we shut our eyes against the light of Divine truth, it is just of God to hide from our eyes the things that belong to our peace. The sins of tho…
13th Century
Catholic
Behold, the hand of the Lord is not shortened. Here the prophet presents the preparation for receiving salvation on the part of …
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