Isaiah 42:14

I have been silent: shall I also always be silent and forbear? I have endured like a travailing woman: I will now amaze and wither at once.

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

In Context

13The Lord God of hosts shall go forth, and crush the war: he shall stir up jealousy, and shall shout mightily against his enemies.

15I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.

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Cross References

Job 32:20I will speak, that I may open my lips and relieve myself.

Psalms 50:21Then shalt thou be pleased with a sacrifice of righteousness, + 50:21 Properly, a heave or wave-offfering.offering, and whole-burnt-sacrifices: then shall they offer calves upon thine altar.

Ecclesiastes 8:11Because there is no contradiction made on the part of those who do evil quickly, therefore the heart of the children of men is fully determined in them to do evil.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:14-18

Judgment and Mercy. ( b. c. 708.) 13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that… Read the whole commentary →

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