Have you ever heard a bear roar? Have you ever heard a bear growl? A bear’s growl is a very low rumbling sound. A bear’s roar is a very loud and scary sound. Bears do these things when they are unhappy about something.
In Isaiah 59:11, we read, “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.”
The earlier verses of this chapter talk about the terrible sins that the Israelite nation commits. Because most of the people have forgotten God, the morals and ethics of the nation have become terrible. Many do everything they can to afflict and torment others. There is no justice by those in leadership positions. It is almost impossible for anyone to have peace.
Because of the situation, the people were unhappy with their lives. They are pictured as growling and roaring as an unhappy bear. They are not just privately mumbling about how bad things are. They are loudly complaining. They say there is no fairness or salvation. They are looking for such but cannot find it.
The people were mistaken to believe that proper justice and salvation can come to a society without looking to God for guidance. The Israelites had a covenant with God. He promised to care for them if they would obey him, but they had forgotten and left God out of their lives. The only way they were going to find the things they roared about was to repent and turn back to God.
Study your Bible. Learn what is necessary to obey God. Help teach others about God and his Word. Doing this will help any nation have justice and proper judgment. And if any of this is hard to understand, ask an adult to help you.
