Isaiah 42:14

“I [the Lord] have been silent for a long time,
I have been still and restrained Myself.
Now I will moan like a woman in labor,
I will both gasp and pant.

Job 32:18

“For I am full of words;
The spirit within me constrains me.

Job 32:20

“I must speak so that I may get relief;
I will open my lips and answer.

Psalm 50:2

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty,
God has shone forth.

Psalm 83:1-2

Do not keep silent, O God;
Do not hold Your peace or be still, O God.

Ecclesiastes 8:11-12

Because the sentence against an evil act is not executed quickly, the hearts of the sons of men are fully set to do evil.

Jeremiah 15:6

“You have abandoned (rejected) Me,” says the Lord.
“You keep going backward.
Therefore I shall stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;
I am tired of delaying [your punishment]!

The Lord could no longer endure it, because of the evil of your acts and the repulsive acts which you have committed; because of them your land has become a ruin, an object of horror and a curse, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

Luke 18:7

And will not [our just] God defend and avenge His elect [His chosen ones] who cry out to Him day and night? Will He delay [in providing justice] on their behalf?

2 Peter 3:9-10

The Lord does not delay [as though He were unable to act] and is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is [extraordinarily] patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance.

2 Peter 3:15

And consider the patience of our Lord [His delay in judging and avenging wrongs] as salvation [that is, allowing time for more to be saved]; just as our beloved brother Paul also wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him [by God],

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Summary

Isaiah 42:14

I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once.

Long time

General references

Isaiah 64:12

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