Isaiah 8:17

Modern English Version

I will wait on the Lord, who hides His face from the house of Jacob, and I will eagerly look for Him.

Cross References

Habakkuk 2:3

For the vision is yet for an appointed time; but it speaks of the end, and does not lie. If it delays, wait for it; it will surely come, it will not delay.

Isaiah 25:9

It shall be said in that day: Behold, this is our God, for whom we have waited that He might save us. This is the Lord for whom we have waited; we will be glad and rejoice in His salvation.

Psalm 33:20

Our soul waits for the Lord; He is our help and our shield.

Isaiah 54:8

In a little wrath I hid My face from you for a moment; but with everlasting kindness I will have mercy on you, says the Lord your Redeemer.

Hebrews 9:28

so Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to save those who eagerly wait for Him.

Psalm 27:14

Wait on the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait on the Lord.

Isaiah 59:2

But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you so that He will not hear.

Isaiah 50:10

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.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead —Jesus, who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Micah 7:7

But as for me, I watch for the Lord; I await the God of my salvation; my God will hear me.

Micah 3:4

Then they will cry out to the Lord, but He will not answer them; He will hide His face from them at that time, because they have wrought evil deeds.

Hosea 12:6

But as for you, return to your God, hold fast to mercy and justice, and wait on your God continually.

Deuteronomy 32:20

He said: I will hide My face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom there is no loyalty.

2 Thessalonians 3:5

May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

Isaiah 64:7

There is no one who calls on 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.

Isaiah 1:15

When you reach out your hands, I will hide My eyes from you; even when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.

Psalm 39:7

Now, O Lord, what do I wait for? My hope is in You.

Isaiah 26:8

In the way of Your judgments, O  Lord, we have waited for You eagerly; the desire of our souls is Your name, even Your memory.

Psalm 130:5

I wait for the Lord; my soul does wait, and in His word do I hope.

Genesis 49:18

I wait for Your salvation, O  Lord!

Luke 2:38

Coming at that moment she gave thanks to the Lord and spoke of Him to all those who looked for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Isaiah 64:4

For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by ear, neither has the eye seen a God besides You, who acts for the one who waits for Him.

Isaiah 33:2

O  Lord, be gracious to us; we have waited for You. Be our strength every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.

Psalm 40:1

I waited patiently for the Lord, and He turned to me and heard my cry.

Psalm 37:34

Wait on the Lord, and keep His way, and He will exalt you to inherit the land; when the wicked are cut off, you will look on.

Luke 24:27

And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them the things concerning Himself in all the Scriptures.

Hebrews 2:13

And again: “I will put My trust in Him.” And again: “Behold, I and the children whom God has given Me.”

Job 13:24

Why do You hide Your face and regard me as Your enemy?

Isaiah 30:18

Therefore, the Lord longs to be gracious to you, and therefore, He waits on high to have mercy on you; for the Lord is a God of justice; how blessed are all who long for Him.

Isaiah 45:15

Truly You are a God who hides Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior.

Jeremiah 33:5

They come to fight with the Chaldeans, but it is to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I have slain in My anger and in My fury, all for whose wickedness I have hidden My face from this city.

Job 14:14

If a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my service I will wait, until my relief comes.

Job 35:14

Although you say you do not see Him, yet judgment is before Him, and you must trust in Him.

Isaiah 57:17

For the iniquity of his unjust gain I was angry and struck him; I hid My face and was wrathful, and he went on turning away in the way of his heart.

Isaiah 64:6

But we all are as an unclean thing, and all our righteousness is as filthy rags; and we all fade as a leaf, and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.