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.
Cross-reference
Isaiah 33:10 proclaims 'now will I arise' — the same decisive divine action that follows the silence in Isaiah 42:14.
Isaiah 64:12 asks 'will you hold your peace?' — referencing the same divine silence that Isaiah 42:14 ends with action.
Isaiah 65:6 says 'I will not keep silence' — declaring the end of silence, just as Isaiah 42:14 does with 'now I will cry out'.
Psalm 83:1 pleads for God not to be silent, directly echoing God's statement here of having held His peace.
Psalm 50:3 declares that God does not keep silence but comes with power, directly paralleling the promise of action here.
Psalm 78:65 uses the same awakening metaphor — God rouses Himself like a mighty man, echoing His end of silence in action.
Jeremiah 44:22 explains that God could no longer bear evil deeds, revealing the reason for the shift from silence to action here.
2 Peter 3:9 reveals that God's restraint is patient mercy, allowing time for repentance—the purpose behind the silence.
Psalm 109:1 cries 'hold not your peace' — the same silence God ends in Isaiah 42:14, here urgently requested.
Ecclesiastes 8:11 notes delayed judgment encourages evil, explaining why God's long silence here allowed sin before action.
Luke 18:7 assures that God will bring justice to His elect who cry out, confirming the promise of eventual action after silence.
Psalm 119:126 declares 'it is time for you to act' — matching the moment in Isaiah 42:14 when God breaks His silence to act.
Zephaniah 3:8 says 'rise up to the prey' — a parallel to God rising from silence in Isaiah 42:14, both for judgment.