Isaiah 38:15

The Scriptures 2009

“What do I say? For He has spoken to me, and He Himself has acted. Softly I go, all my years, because of the bitterness of my being.

Cross References

Job 7:11

I also, I do not hold my mouth, I speak in the distress of my spirit, I complain in the bitterness of my being.

1 Kings 21:27

And it came to be, when Aḥaḇ heard those words, that he tore his garments and put sackcloth on his body, and fasted and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.

Job 10:1

“My being has grown weary of life. I let loose my complaint, I speak in the bitterness of my being.

John 12:27

“Now I Myself am troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this reason I came to this hour.

Job 21:25

Another one dies in the bitterness of his being, and never eats with pleasure.

Ezra 9:10

“And now, O our Elohim, what do we say after this? For we have forsaken Your commands,

2 Kings 4:27

And she came to the man of Elohim at the hill, and she took hold of him by the feet, but Gĕḥazi came near to push her away. But the man of Elohim said, “Leave her alone, for her being is bitter in her, and יהוה has hidden it from me, and has not revealed it to me.”

1 Samuel 1:10

And she was bitter in life, and prayed to יהוה and wept greatly.

Joshua 7:8

“O יהוה, what do I say when Yisra’ĕl turns its back before its enemies,

Proverbs 31:6

Give strong drink to him who is perishing, And wine to those embittered in being.

Isaiah 38:17

“See, for peace I had what was bitter, bitter. But You have lovingly delivered my being from the pit of corruption, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Psalm 116:1

I love יהוה, because He has heard my voice, my pleas.