Isaiah 8:17

Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

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  • Isa 54:8 : 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
  • Hab 2:3 : 3 For the vision [is] yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
  • Ezek 39:23-24 : 23 ¶ And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them, and hid my face from them.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
  • Heb 9:28 : 28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin 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, 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, because 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] the LORD; 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 LORD.
  • 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 befall 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 evils 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 froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith.
  • Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
  • Ps 33:20 : 20 Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he [is] our help and our shield.
  • Ps 37:34 : 34 ¶ Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall 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 ¶ To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David. I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
  • Ps 130:5 : 5 ¶ I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
  • Isa 26:8 : 8 Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O LORD, have we waited for thee; the desire of [our] soul [is] to thy name, and to the remembrance of thee.
  • Isa 33:2 : 2 O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 ¶ Who [is] among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh [in] darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the LORD, and stay upon his God.
  • Lam 3:25-26 : 25 The LORD [is] good unto them that wait for him, to the soul [that] seeketh him. 26 [It is] good that [a man] should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the LORD.
  • Isa 64:4 : 4 For since the beginning of the world [men] have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, [what] he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
  • Mic 7:7 : 7 ¶ Therefore I will look unto the LORD; 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 mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
  • Luke 2:38 : 38 And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
  • 1 Thess 1:10 : 10 And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, [even] Jesus, which delivered 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 patient waiting for Christ.
  • Heb 10:36-39 : 36 For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

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