Isaiah 42:14
Douay-Rheims
I have always held my peace, I have I kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman in labour: I will destroy, and swallow up at once.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
long time--namely, during the desolation of Israel (Isa 32:14). holden my peace--(Compare Psa 50:21; Hab 1:2). cry like a travailing woman, &c.--Like a woman in parturition, who, after having restrained her breathing for a time, at last, overcome with labor pain, lets out her voice with a panting sigh; so Jehovah will give full vent to His long pent-up wrath. Translate, instead of "destroy . . . devour"; I will at once breathe hard and pant, namely, giving loose to My wrath.
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1871 · Isaiah 42:14
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