Isaiah 8:17
New International Version
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my trust in him.

New Living Translation
I will wait for the LORD, who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my hope in him.

English Standard Version
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

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

King James Bible
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

New King James Version
And I will wait on the LORD, Who hides His face from the house of Jacob; And I will hope in Him.

New American Standard Bible
And I will wait for the LORD who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will wait eagerly for Him.

NASB 1995
And I will wait for the LORD who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will even look eagerly for Him.

NASB 1977
And I will wait for the LORD who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; I will even look eagerly for Him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And I will wait for Yahweh who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will hope for Him.

Amplified Bible
And I will wait for the LORD who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look eagerly for Him.

Christian Standard Bible
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob. I will wait for him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will wait for Him.

American Standard Version
And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I shall wait for LORD JEHOVAH who turned his face from those of the house of Yaqob, and I shall look for him

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And one shall say, I will wait for God, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will trust in him.

Contemporary English Version
Meanwhile, I patiently trust the LORD, even though he is no longer pleased with Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I will wait for the Lord, who hath hid his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

English Revised Version
And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the descendants of Jacob. I will hope in him.

Good News Translation
The LORD has hidden himself from his people, but I trust him and place my hope in him.

International Standard Version
I'll wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I'll put my trust in him.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And I will wait for the LORD, that hideth His face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for Him.

Literal Standard Version
And I have waited for YHWH, | Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, | And I have looked for Him.

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

New American Bible
I will trust in the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob; yes, I will wait for him.

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

New Revised Standard Version
I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

New Heart English Bible
I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will trust in him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

World English Bible
I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

Young's Literal Translation
And I have waited for Jehovah, Who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob, And I have looked for Him.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Call to Fear God
16Bind up the testimony and seal the law among my disciples. 17I will wait for the LORD, who is hiding His face from the house of Jacob. I will put my trust in Him. 18Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.…

Cross References
Luke 24:27
And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He explained to them what was written in all the Scriptures about Himself.

Hebrews 2:13
And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And once again: "Here am I, and the children God has given Me."

Deuteronomy 31:17
On 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?'

Job 13:24
Why do You hide Your face and consider me as Your enemy?

Psalm 33:20
Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.

Psalm 130:5
I wait for the LORD; my soul does wait, and in His word I put my hope.

Isaiah 1:15
When 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.


Treasury of Scripture

And I will wait on the LORD, that hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

I will

Isaiah 25:9
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.

Isaiah 26:8
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.

Isaiah 33:2
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.

hideth

Isaiah 54:8
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.

Isaiah 59:2
But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.

Isaiah 64:7
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.

I will look

Isaiah 50:10
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.

Luke 2:38
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.

Hebrews 9:28
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.

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Isaiah 8
1. In Maher-Shalal-Hash-Baz, he prophesies Syria and Israel shall be subdued by Assyria
5. Judah likewise for their infidelity
9. God's judgments shall be irresistible
11. Comfort shall be to those who fear God
19. Great afflictions to idolaters














(17) And I will wait upon the Lord, that hideth his face . . .--The words come in somewhat abruptly, but not to the extent that justifies the assumption of some critics that a verse has been lost. The prophet enforces precept by example. He has learnt to conquer the feverish desire to know the future, which led men to trust in soothsayers and diviners, and from which even his own disciples were not altogether exempt. He is content to "wait," even though Jehovah "hide His face," though predictions seem to fail (see Note on Isaiah 8:1), and all seems dark and hopeless. There is, perhaps, a contrast between the fact that Jehovah hides His face from the house of Jacob, that all is dark for the nation's life as such, while yet the prophet, in his own individuality, can "look for Him" with the eye of faith.

Verses 17, 18. - ISAIAH DEFINES HIS OWN ATTITUDE AND THAT OF HIS CHILDREN. It is questioned whether something has not fallen out between vers. 16 and 17. The transition is exceedingly abrupt, undoubtedly; but perhaps not more abrupt than elsewhere in Isaiah and the prophets contemporary with him. The Divine "instruction" comes to an end in ver. 16; and Isaiah might have been expected to comment on it, or enforce its teaching; but he does neither. He simply states what his own attitude will be under the coming calamity (ver. 8). He will "wait for the Lord and look to him" (ver. 17), and consider himself and his children as doing a work for God in being "signs" (ver. 18) - signs to which the rest of Israel may look, and from which they may derive sufficient hope and confidence to carry them through the dark time which is approaching. Verse 17. - I will wait upon the Lord; rather, I will wait for the Lord; i.e. "await the time of his relenting" (see Isaiah 30:18; Isaiah 64:4, etc.). That hideth his face from the house of Jacob (compare the threats in Deuteronomy 31:17; Deuteronomy 32:20). The light of God's countenance is to the spiritual what that of the sun is to the material world. All life, health, joy, happiness, proceed from it. This light was now to be withdrawn for a time on account of the people's sins. But Isaiah would "wait" for its reappearance.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
I will wait
וְחִכִּ֙יתִי֙ (wə·ḥik·kî·ṯî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 2442: To adhere to, to await

for the LORD,
לַיהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

who is hiding
הַמַּסְתִּ֥יר (ham·mas·tîr)
Article | Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 5641: To hide, conceal

His face
פָּנָ֖יו (pā·nāw)
Noun - common plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

from the house
מִבֵּ֣ית (mib·bêṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Jacob.
יַעֲקֹ֑ב (ya·‘ă·qōḇ)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3290: Jacob -- a son of Isaac, also his desc

I will put my trust
וְקִוֵּ֖יתִֽי־ (wə·qiw·wê·ṯî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 6960: To bind together, collect, to expect

in Him.
לֽוֹ׃ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew


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