Isaiah 42:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

For a long time, I, the LORD, have held my temper; now I will scream and groan like a woman giving birth.

Cross References

Job 32:18

because I have so much to say, that I can't keep quiet.

Job 32:20

if I don't speak.

Psalm 50:2

God shines brightly from Zion, the most beautiful city.

Psalm 50:21

When you did all this, I didn't say a word, and you thought, “God is just like us!” But now I will accuse you.

Isaiah 30:18

The LORD God is waiting to show how kind he is and to have pity on you. The LORD always does right; he blesses those who trust him.

Isaiah 57:11

Did you forget about me and become unfaithful because you were more afraid of someone else? Have I been silent so long that you no longer fear me?

Isaiah 64:12

When you see these things, how can you just sit there and make us suffer more?

Isaiah 65:6

I have written this down; I won't keep silent. I'll pay them back just as their sins deserve.

Jeremiah 15:6

My people, you abandoned me and walked away. I am tired of showing mercy; that's why I'll destroy you

Jeremiah 4:31

I heard groaning and crying. Was it a woman giving birth to her first child? No, it was Jerusalem. She was gasping for breath and begging for help. “I'm dying!” she said. “They have murdered me.”

Jeremiah 44:22

And when he could no longer put up with your disgusting sins, he placed a curse on your land and turned it into a desert, as it is today.

Luke 18:7

Won't God protect his chosen ones who pray to him day and night? Won't he be concerned for them?

2 Peter 3:15

Don't forget that the Lord is patient because he wants people to be saved. This is also what our dear friend Paul said when he wrote to you with the wisdom that God had given him.