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Isaiah 42:14
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14 “I have been inactive[a] for a long time;
I kept quiet and held back.
Like a woman in labor I groan;
I pant and gasp.[b]

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  1. Isaiah 42:14 tn Heb “silent” (so NASB, NIV, TEV, NLT); CEV “have held my temper.”
  2. Isaiah 42:14 sn The imagery depicts the Lord as a warrior who is eager to fight and can no longer hold himself back from the attack.
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Isaiah 42:14
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14 “For a long time I have kept silent,(A)
    I have been quiet and held myself back.(B)
But now, like a woman in childbirth,
    I cry out, I gasp and pant.(C)

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