Isaiah 42:14
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.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 42 connects to 10 cross-references. The first Servant Song introduces a figure who will bring justice to the nations without crying out or breaking a bruised reed. He is a covenant to the people, a light to the nations, to open blind eyes and free …
Other Translations
I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry out like a travailing woman; I will gasp and pant together.
I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.
I have long been quiet, I have kept myself in and done nothing: now I will make sounds of pain like a woman in childbirth, breathing hard and quickly.
Cross References
For I am full of matter, the spirit within me constraineth me.
I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer.
Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined.
Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God.
For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head.
Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully …
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall …
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, …
So that the Lord could no longer bear, because of the evil of your doings, and because of the abominations …
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with …