Discovery BoxIsaiah 14:3 
Context14:3 When the Lord gives you relief from your suffering and anxiety, 1 and from the hard labor which you were made to perform,
Isaiah 26:17
Context26:17 As when a pregnant woman gets ready to deliver
and strains and cries out because of her labor pains,
so were we because of you, O Lord.
Isaiah 42:14
Context42:14 “I have been inactive 2 for a long time;
I kept quiet and held back.
Like a woman in labor I groan;
I pant and gasp. 3
Isaiah 64:8
Context64:8 Yet, 4 Lord, you are our father.
We are the clay, and you are our potter;
we are all the product of your labor. 5
1 tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.
2 tn Heb “silent” (so NASB, NIV, TEV, NLT); CEV “have held my temper.”
3 sn The imagery depicts the Lord as a warrior who is eager to fight and can no longer hold himself back from the attack.
4 tn On the force of וְעַתָּה (vÿ’attah) here, see HALOT 902 s.v. עַתָּה.
5 tn Heb “the work of your hand.”
