Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
Parallel translations
- WEB Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’”
- BSB Truly You are a God who hides Himself, O God of Israel, the Savior.
- NKJV Truly You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!
- NASB Truly, You are a God who hides Himself, God of Israel, Savior!
- NLT Truly, O God of Israel, our Savior, you work in mysterious ways.
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Quick answer
God is a Savior who often hides himself, working out salvation in ways not immediately visible. Faith trusts him in the dark.
Overview
Marveling at how God redeems through unexpected means like Cyrus, the confession acknowledges a God who veils his workings yet remains 'the Savior.' His ways are hidden but never absent. This hiddenness finds its deepest expression at the cross, where God saved the world through apparent defeat.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 19
- Isa 8:17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Ps 44:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
- Isa 57:17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
- Isa 46:13I bring near my righteousness; it shall not be far off, and my salvation shall not tarry: and I will place salvation in Zion for Israel my glory.
- Ps 77:19Thy way is in the sea, and thy path in the great waters, and thy footsteps are not known.
- Rom 11:33–34O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out!
- Isa 45:17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
- John 4:22Ye worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for salvation is of the Jews.
- Ps 68:26Bless ye God in the congregations, even the Lord, from the fountain of Israel.
- Isa 43:11I, even I, am the LORD; and beside me there is no saviour.
- Isa 43:3For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee.
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the LORD JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation.
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
- Isa 60:16Thou shalt also suck the milk of the Gentiles, and shalt suck the breast of kings: and thou shalt know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.
- Acts 13:23Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
- Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
- Matt 1:22–23Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,
- John 4:42And said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying: for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.
- John 13:7Jesus answered and said unto him, What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.
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Isaiah sees him most clearly: the virgin's son Immanuel, the child on David's throne, the shoot from Jesse, the light to the nations, and above all the Suffering Servant pierced for our transgressions (ch. 53).
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