Isaiah 60:8

60:8 Who are these who float along ¹  like a cloud,

who fly like doves to their shelters? ² 

Isaiah 59:11

59:11 We all growl like bears,

we coo mournfully like doves;

we wait for deliverance, ³  but there is none,

for salvation, but it is far from us.

Isaiah 38:14

38:14 Like a swallow or a thrush I chirp,

I coo ⁴  like a dove;

my eyes grow tired from looking up to the sky. ⁵ 

O sovereign master, ⁶  I am oppressed;

help me! ⁷ 

[60:8]  ¹ tn Heb “fly” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NAB, NIV “fly along.”

[60:8]  ² tn Heb “to their windows,” i.e., to the openings in their coops. See HALOT 83 s.v. אֲרֻבָּה.

[59:11]  ³ tn See the note at v. 9.

[38:14]  ⁵ tn Or “moan” (ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); KJV, CEV “mourn.”

[38:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “my eyes become weak, toward the height.”

[38:14]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew term translated “sovereign master” here and in v. 16 is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[38:14]  ⁸ tn Heb “stand surety for me.” Hezekiah seems to be picturing himself as a debtor who is being exploited; he asks that the Lord might relieve his debt and deliver him from the oppressive creditor.