Isaiah 8:17

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

And I will wait upon the LORD, 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 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{H8798)} his way, and he shall exalt{H8787)} thee to inherit{H8800)} the land: when the wicked are cut off{H8736)}, thou shalt see{H8799)} 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{H8764)}, A Psalm of David. I waited{H8765)} patiently{H8763)} for the LORD; and he inclined{H8799)} unto me, and heard{H8799)} 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.