Isaiah 38:15
What shall I say? he hath both spoken unto me, and himself hath done it: I shall go softly all my years because of the bitterness of my soul.
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Referenced Verses
- 1 Kgs 21:27 : 27 And it came to pass, when Ahab heard those words, that he rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his flesh, and fasted, and lay in sackcloth, and went softly.
- Job 7:11 : 11 Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 10:1 : 1 My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
- Job 21:25 : 25 And another dieth in bitterness of soul, And never tasteth of good.
- Ps 39:9-9 : 9 I was dumb, I opened not my mouth; Because thou didst it. 10 Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
- John 12:27 : 27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour. But for this cause came I unto this hour.
- 2 Kgs 4:27 : 27 And when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah hath hid it from me, and hath not told me.
- Ezra 9:10 : 10 And now, O our God, what shall we say after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,
- Josh 7:8 : 8 Oh, Lord, what shall I say, after that Israel hath turned their backs before their enemies!
- 1 Sam 1:10 : 10 And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto Jehovah, and wept sore.
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1My soul is weary of my life; I will give free course to my complaint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
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11Therefore I will not refrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain in the bitterness of my soul.
- Isa 38:10-145 verses77%
10I said, In the noontide of my days I shall go into the gates of Sheol: I am deprived of the residue of my years.
11I said, I shall not see Jehovah, [even] Jehovah in the land of the living: I shall behold man no more with the inhabitants of the world.
12My dwelling is removed, and is carried away from me as a shepherd's tent: I have rolled up, like a weaver, my life; he will cut me off from the loom: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
13I quieted [myself] until morning; as a lion, so he breaketh all my bones: From day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
14Like a swallow [or] a crane, so did I chatter; I did moan as a dove; mine eyes fail [with looking] upward: O Lord, I am oppressed, be thou my surety.
- Isa 38:16-172 verses77%
16O Lord, by these things men live; And wholly therein is the life of my spirit: Wherefore recover thou me, and make me to live.
17Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
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6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
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17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
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9Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
10For my life is spent with sorrow, And my years with sighing: My strength faileth because of mine iniquity, And my bones are wasted away.
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18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.
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3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.
4Therefore is my spirit overwhelmed within me; My heart within me is desolate.
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12Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? Behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is brought upon me, Wherewith Jehovah hath afflicted [me] in the day of his fierce anger.
13From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; He hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: He hath made me desolate and faint all the day.
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8I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
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2I was dumb with silence, I held my peace, even from good; And my sorrow was stirred.
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14Wherefore should I take my flesh in my teeth, And put my life in my hand?
15Behold, he will slay me; I have no hope: Nevertheless I will maintain my ways before him.
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19Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.
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21They have heard that I sigh; there is none to comfort me; all mine enemies have heard of my trouble; they are glad that thou hast done it: Thou wilt bring the day that thou hast proclaimed, and they shall be like unto me.
22Let all their wickedness come before thee; And do unto them, as thou hast done unto me for all my transgressions: For my sighs are many, and my heart is faint.
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14For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
15If I had said, I will speak thus; Behold, I had dealt treacherously with the generation of thy children.
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19Who is he that will contend with me? For then would I hold my peace and give up the ghost.
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18He will not suffer me to take my breath, But filleth me with bitterness.
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1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
2He hath led me and caused me to walk in darkness, and not in light.
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2How long shall I take counsel in my soul, Having sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall mine enemy be exalted over me?
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20If I have sinned, what do I unto thee, O thou watcher of men? Why hast thou set me as a mark for thee, So that I am a burden to myself?
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27If I say, I will forget my complaint, I will put off my [sad] countenance, and be of good cheer;
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21For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
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7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
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20Are not my days few? cease then, And let me alone, that I may take comfort a little,
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6Though I speak, my grief is not assuaged; And though I forbear, what am I eased?
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10And be it still my consolation, Yea, let me exult in pain that spareth not, That I have not denied the words of the Holy One.
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16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.
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15I have sewed sackcloth upon my skin, And have laid my horn in the dust.
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3When I kept silence, my bones wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
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11He hath turned aside my ways, and pulled me in pieces; he hath made me desolate.
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10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.
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15So that my soul chooseth strangling, And death rather than [these] my bones.
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15He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath sated me with wormwood.
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3Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
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4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.
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20My soul hath them still in remembrance, and is bowed down within me.