The Bible Exposed

God: qualities attributed to Him (b): Isaiah 42:13

Passage Isaiah 42:13

A God who roars. Isaiah 42:13 has the LORD cry out and shout aloud like a man of war, and Jeremiah 25:30 says he will roar from on high against his fold. The images are set down as unworthy of the divine.

The LORD goes out like a mighty man, like a man of war he stirs up his zeal; he cries out, he shouts aloud, he shows himself mighty against his foes.

Isaiah 42:13

“You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: “‘The LORD will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth.

Jeremiah 25:30

Source: see Credits and references (no. 10, p. 8).