Isaiah 8:17

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְחִכִּ֙יתִי֙ לַיהוָ֔ה הַמַּסְתִּ֥יר פָּנָ֖יו מִבֵּ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְקִוֵּ֖יתִֽי־לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And-ḥikkîtî for-YHWH ha-mastîr pānāyw from-bêt yaʿăqōb and-qiwwêtî-to-him

Grammar Details

• *ḥikkîtî*: piel perfect 1st person singular - I will wait
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - Yahweh/LORD
• *ha-mastîr*: definite article + hiphil participle masculine singular - the one hiding
• *pānāyw*: noun masculine plural + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his face
• *bêt*: noun masculine singular construct - house of
• *yaʿăqōb*: proper noun - Jacob
• *qiwwêtî*: piel perfect 1st person singular - I will hope/wait expectantly

Word Meanings

• *ḥikkîtî*: I will wait/I will wait patiently
• *ha-mastîr pānāyw*: who hides his face/who conceals his face (idiom for withholding favor)
• *bêt yaʿăqōb*: house of Jacob (referring to Israel)
• *qiwwêtî*: I will hope/I will wait expectantly/I will look eagerly

Referenced Verses

• Isa 54:8 : 8 In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer.
• Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hasteth toward the end, and shall not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not delay.
• Ezek 39:23-24 : 23 And the nations shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity; because they trespassed against me, and I hid my face from them: so I gave them into the hand of their adversaries, and they fell all of them by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions did I unto them; and I hid my face from them.
• Mic 3:4 : 4 Then shall they cry unto Jehovah, but he will not answer them; yea, he will hide his face from them at that time, according as they have wrought evil in their doings.
• Heb 9:28 : 28 so Christ also, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear {G1537} a second time, apart from sin, to them that wait for him, unto salvation.
• Isa 59:2 : 2 but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, so that he will not hear.
• Isa 64:7 : 7 And there is none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee; for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us by means of our iniquities.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Isa 25:9 : 9 And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this is Jehovah; we have waited for him, we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation.
• Gen 49:18 : 18 I have waited for thy salvation, O Jehovah.
• Deut 31:17-18 : 17 Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us? 18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
• Deut 32:20 : 20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
• Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait for Jehovah: Be strong, And let thy heart take courage; Yea, wait thou for Jehovah.
• Ps 33:20 : 20 Our soul hath waited for Jehovah: He is our help and our shield.
• Ps 37:34 : 34 Wait for Jehovah, and keep his way, And he will exalt thee to inherit the land: When the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
• Ps 39:7 : 7 And now, Lord, what wait I for? My hope is in thee.
• Ps 40:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for Jehovah; And he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
• Ps 130:5 : 5 I wait for Jehovah, my soul doth wait, And in his word do I hope.
• Isa 26:8 : 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name, even to thy memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.
• Isa 33:2 : 2 O Jehovah, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou our arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
• Isa 50:10 : 10 Who is among you that feareth Jehovah, that obeyeth the voice of his servant? he that walketh in darkness, and hath no light, let him trust in the name of Jehovah, and rely upon his God.
• Lam 3:25-26 : 25 Jehovah is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him. 26 It is good that a man should hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah.
• Isa 64:4 : 4 For from of old men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen a God besides thee, who worketh for him that waiteth for him.
• Mic 7:7 : 7 But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
• Hos 12:6 : 6 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep kindness and justice, and wait for thy God continually.
• Luke 2:38 : 38 And coming up at that very hour she gave thanks unto God, and spake of him to all them that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.
• 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, who delivereth us from the wrath to come.
• 2 Thess 3:5 : 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patience of Christ.
• Heb 10:36-39 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise. 37 For yet a very little while, He that cometh shall come, and shall not tarry. 38 But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them that shrink back unto perdition; but of them that have faith unto the saving of the soul.