Isaiah 8:17

KJV1611 – Modern English

And I will wait upon the LORD, who hides 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 you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on you, says the LORD your 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 tarries, 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, therefore I hid my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so they all fell by the sword. 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions I have done to them, and hid my face from them.
  • Mic 3:4 : 4 Then they shall cry to the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, because they have done evil in their deeds.
  • Heb 9:28 : 28 So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and to those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation.
  • Isa 59:2 : 2 But your iniquities have separated you from your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you, so that he will not hear.
  • Isa 64:7 : 7 And there is none who calls upon your name, who stirs up himself to take hold of you: for you have hidden your face from us, and have consumed us, because of our iniquities.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 And when you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you: indeed, when you make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
  • Isa 25:9 : 9 And it will be said in that day, Behold, 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 your 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 to 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 there is no faith.
  • Ps 27:14 : 14 Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD.
  • Ps 33:20 : 20 Our soul waits 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 you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.
  • Ps 39:7 : 7 And now, Lord, what do I wait for? my hope is in you.
  • Ps 40:1 : 1 I waited patiently for the LORD; and He inclined to me and heard my cry.
  • Ps 130:5 : 5 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word do I hope.
  • Isa 26:8 : 8 Yes, in the way of Your judgments, O LORD, we have waited for You; the desire of our soul is for Your name and for the remembrance of You.
  • Isa 33:2 : 2 O LORD, be gracious to us; we have waited for you. Be their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
  • Isa 50:10 : 10 Who among you fears the LORD, who obeys the voice of his servant, who walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD, and rely upon his God.
  • Lam 3:25-26 : 25 The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him. 26 It is good that one 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 has the eye seen, O God, besides you, what you have prepared for him who waits for you.
  • Mic 7:7 : 7 Therefore I will look to the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
  • Hos 12:6 : 6 Therefore, turn to your God: keep mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.
  • Luke 2:38 : 38 And coming in that instant, she gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all those who 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, who delivers us from the wrath to come.
  • 2 Thess 3:5 : 5 May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patient waiting for Christ.
  • Heb 10:36-39 : 36 For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise. 37 For yet a little while, and he who is coming will come and will not tarry. 38 Now the just shall live by faith; but if anyone draws back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him. 39 But we are not of those who draw back to destruction, but of those who believe to the saving of the soul.

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    24The LORD is my portion, says my soul; therefore I will hope in Him.

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    21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, for I wait on You.

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    18I have waited for your salvation, O LORD.

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    5My soul, wait only upon God; for my expectation is from Him.

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    14Wait on the LORD; be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart; wait, I say, on the LORD.

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    3Let Israel hope in the Lord from now and forever.

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    1Truly my soul waits upon God; from Him comes my salvation.

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    6This is the generation of those who seek Him, who seek Your face, O Jacob. Selah.

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    50Until the LORD looks down and sees from heaven.

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    5Until I find a place for the LORD, a dwelling for the Mighty One of Jacob.

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    18And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned to other gods.

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