Isaiah 8:17

New English Translation

I will wait patiently for the Lord, who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait for him.

Cross References

Genesis 49:18

I wait for your deliverance, O Lord.

Job 13:24

Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?

Job 14:14

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

Job 35:14

How much less, then, when you say that you do not perceive him, that the case is before him and you are waiting for him!

Psalm 130:5

I rely on the Lord, I rely on him with my whole being; I wait for his assuring word.

Psalm 27:14

Rely on the Lord! Be strong and confident! Rely on the Lord!

Psalm 33:20

We wait for the Lord; he is our deliverer and shield.

Psalm 37:34

Rely on the Lord! Obey his commands! Then he will permit you to possess the land; you will see the demise of evil men.

Psalm 39:7

But now, O Lord, upon what am I relying? You are my only hope!

Psalm 40:1

I relied completely on the Lord, and he turned toward me and heard my cry for help.

Isaiah 1:15

When you spread out your hands in prayer, I look the other way; when you offer your many prayers, I do not listen, because your hands are covered with blood.

Isaiah 25:9

At that time they will say, “Look, here is our God! We waited for him and he delivered us. Here is the Lord! We waited for him. Let’s rejoice and celebrate his deliverance!”

Isaiah 26:8

Yes, as your judgments unfold, O Lord, we wait for you. We desire your fame and reputation to grow.

Isaiah 30:18

For this reason the Lord is ready to show you mercy; he sits on his throne, ready to have compassion on you. Indeed, the Lord is a just God; all who wait for him in faith will be blessed.

Isaiah 33:2

Lord, be merciful to us! We wait for you. Give us strength each morning! Deliver us when distress comes.

Isaiah 45:15

Yes, you are a God who keeps hidden, O God of Israel, deliverer!

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

Isaiah 54:8

In a burst of anger I rejected you momentarily, but with lasting devotion I will have compassion on you,” says your protector, the Lord.

Isaiah 57:17

I was angry because of their sinful greed; I attacked them and angrily rejected them, yet they remained disobedient and stubborn.

Isaiah 59:2

But your sinful acts have alienated you from your God; your sins have caused him to reject you and not listen to your prayers.

Isaiah 64:4

Since ancient times no one has heard or perceived, no eye has seen any God besides you, who intervenes for those who wait for him.

Isaiah 64:6

We are all like one who is unclean, all our so-called righteous acts are like a menstrual rag in your sight. We all wither like a leaf; our sins carry us away like the wind.

Isaiah 64:7

No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.

Jeremiah 33:5

‘The defenders of the city will go out and fight with the Babylonians. But they will only fill those houses and buildings with the dead bodies of the people that I will kill in my anger and my wrath. That will happen because I have decided to turn my back on this city on account of the wicked things they have done.

Hosea 12:6

But you must return to your God, by maintaining love and justice, and by waiting for your God to return to you.

Micah 3:4

Someday these sinners will cry to the Lord for help, but he will not answer them. He will hide his face from them at that time, because they have done such wicked deeds.”

Micah 7:7

But I will keep watching for the Lord; I will wait for the God who delivers me. My God will hear my lament.

Habakkuk 2:3

For the message is a witness to what is decreed; it gives reliable testimony about how matters will turn out. Even if the message is not fulfilled right away, wait patiently; for it will certainly come to pass – it will not arrive late.

Luke 2:38

At that moment, she came up to them and began to give thanks to God and to speak about the child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.

Luke 24:27

Then beginning with Moses and all the prophets, he interpreted to them the things written about himself in all the scriptures.

Deuteronomy 32:20

He said, “I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty.

1 Thessalonians 1:10

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus our deliverer from the coming wrath.

2 Thessalonians 3:5

Now may the Lord direct your hearts toward the love of God and the endurance of Christ.

Hebrews 2:13

Again he says, “I will be confident in him,” and again, “Here I am, with the children God has given me.”

Hebrews 9:28

so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.