Isaiah 59:11

“We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves, &c.] 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…”

“roar--moan plaintively, like a hungry bear which growls for food. doves-- (Isa 38:14; Eze 7:16). salvation--retribution in kind: because not salvation, but "destruction" was "in their paths" (Isa 59:7).”

“We roar all like bears - This is designed still further to describe the heavy judgments which had come upon them for their sins. The word rendered here ‘roar’ (from המה hâmâh, like English, to hum, German, hummen, spoken of bees), is applied to any murmuring, or confused noise or sound. It sometimes means to snarl, as a dog Psalms 59:7, Psalms 59:15; to coo, as a dove Ezekiel 7:16; it is also applied to waves that roar Psalms 46:4; Isaiah 51:15; to a crowd or tumultuous assemblage Psalms 46:7; and to music Isaiah 16:11; Jeremiah 48:36. Here it is applied to the low growl or groan of a bear. Bochart (Hieroz. i. 3. 9), says, that a bear produces a melancholy sound; and Horace (Epod. xvi.…”

“Mourn - Their oppressing governors made the wicked roar like bears, and the good mourn like doves. Isaiah 59:12”

“59:11-14 The people growl and moan with longing for redemption, finally coming to terms with their sinfulness.”

“roar: Isa 51:20; Psa 32:3, Psa 32:4, Psa 38:8; Hos 7:14 mourn: Isa 38:14; Job 30:28, Job 30:29; Jer 8:15, Jer 9:1; Eze 7:16 for salvation: Psa 85:9, Psa 119:155 Isaiah 59:12”