Isaiah 42:14

New Century Version

The Lord says, “For a long time I have said nothing; I have been quiet and held myself back. But now I will cry out and strain like a woman giving birth to a child.

Cross References

Job 32:18

I am full of words, and the spirit in me causes me to speak.

Job 32:20

I must speak so I will feel relief; I must open my mouth and answer.

Psalm 50:2

God shines from Jerusalem, whose beauty is perfect.

Psalm 50:21

I have kept quiet while you did these things, so you thought I was just like you. But I will scold you and accuse you to your face.

Isaiah 30:18

The Lord wants to show his mercy to you. He wants to rise and comfort you. The Lord is a fair God, and everyone who waits for his help will be happy.

Isaiah 57:11

“Whom were you so afraid of that you lied to me? You have not remembered me or even thought about me. I have been quiet for a long time. Is that why you are not afraid of me?

Isaiah 64:12

When you see these things, will you hold yourself back from helping us, Lord? Will you be silent and punish us beyond what we can stand?

Isaiah 65:6

“Look, it is written here before me. I will not be quiet; instead, I will repay you in full. I will punish you for what you have done.

Jeremiah 15:6

Jerusalem, you have left me,” says the Lord. “You keep going farther and farther away, so I have taken hold of you and destroyed you. I was tired of holding back my anger.

Jeremiah 4:31

I hear a cry like a woman having a baby, distress like a woman having her first child. It is the sound of Jerusalem gasping for breath. She lifts her hands in prayer and says, “Oh! I am about to faint before my murderers!”

Jeremiah 44:22

Then he could not be patient with you any longer. He hated the terrible things you did. So he made your country an empty desert, where no one lives. Other people curse that country. And so it is today.

Luke 18:7

God will always give what is right to his people who cry to him night and day, and he will not be slow to answer them.

2 Peter 3:15

Remember that we are saved because our Lord is patient. Our dear brother Paul told you the same thing when he wrote to you with the wisdom that God gave him.