Isaiah 42:14

“These things you have done and I kept silent; You thought that I was just like you; I will reprove you and state the case in order before your eyes.

Therefore Yahweh waits with longing to be gracious to you, And therefore He is on high to have compassion on you. For Yahweh is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who wait for Him.

“Of whom were you anxious and fearful When you lied and did not remember Me, Nor even put Me upon your heart? Was I not silent even for a long time So you do not fear Me?

Will You restrain Yourself at these things, O Yahweh? Will You keep silent and afflict us beyond measure?

“Behold, it is written before Me: I will not keep silent, but I will repay; I will even repay into their bosom,

For I heard a sound as of a woman in labor pains, The distress as of one giving birth to her first child, The sound of the daughter of Zion gasping for breath, Stretching out her hands, saying, “Ah, woe is me, for my soul faints before murderers.”

Israel’s Blindness and Deafness