Isaiah 8:17

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“I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.”

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BSBPD

“I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
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“And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Isaiah 8:17 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 49:18I await Your salvation, O LORD.
  2. Deuteronomy 31:17On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them. On that day they will say, ‘Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is no longer with us?’
  3. Deuteronomy 32:20He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation— children of unfaithfulness.
  4. Job 14:14When a man dies, will he live again? All the days of my hard service I will wait, until my renewal comes.
  5. Job 35:14How much less, then, when you say that you do not see Him, that your case is before Him and you must wait for Him,
  6. Psalms 27:14Wait patiently for the LORD; be strong and courageous. Wait patiently for the LORD!
  7. Psalms 33:20Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
  8. Psalms 37:34Wait for the LORD and keep His way, and He will raise you up to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you will see it.
  9. Psalms 39:7And now, O Lord, for what do I wait? My hope is in You.
  10. Psalms 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; He inclined to me and heard my cry.
  11. Psalms 130:5I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.
  12. Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
  13. Isaiah 25:9And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us rejoice and be glad in His salvation.”
  14. Isaiah 26:8Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
  15. Isaiah 33:2O LORD, be gracious to us! We wait for You. Be our strength every morning and our salvation in time of trouble.
  16. Isaiah 50:10Who among you fears the LORD and obeys the voice of His Servant? Who among you walks in darkness and has no light? Let him trust in the name of the LORD; let him lean on his God.
  17. Isaiah 54:8In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
  18. Isaiah 57:17I was enraged by his sinful greed, so I struck him and hid My face in anger; yet he kept turning back to the desires of his heart.
  19. Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.
  20. Isaiah 64:4From ancient times no one has heard, no ear has perceived, no eye has seen any God besides You, who acts on behalf of those who wait for Him.
  21. Isaiah 64:6Each of us has become like something unclean, and all our righteous acts are like filthy rags; we all wither like a leaf, and our iniquities carry us away like the wind.
  22. Isaiah 64:7No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
  23. Lamentations 3:25The LORD is good to those who wait for Him, to the soul who seeks Him.
  24. Ezekiel 39:23And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.

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