Truly You are God, who hide Yourself, O God of Israel, the Savior!
Parallel translations
- WEB Most certainly you are a God who has hidden yourself, God of Israel, the Savior.’”
- KJV Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour.
- BSB Truly You are a God who hides Himself, 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 8:17I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
- Ps 44:24Why do you hide your face, and forget our affliction and our oppression?
- Isa 57:17I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness, and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.
- Isa 46:13I bring my righteousness near. It is not far off, and my salvation will not wait. I will grant salvation to Zion, my glory to Israel.
- Ps 77:19Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known.
- Rom 11:33–34Oh the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and the knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past tracing out!
- Isa 45:17Israel will be saved by Yahweh with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.
- John 4:22You worship that which you don’t know. We worship that which we know; for salvation is from the Jews.
- Ps 68:26“Bless God in the congregations, even the Lord in the assembly of Israel!”
- Isa 43:11I myself am Yahweh; and besides me there is no savior.
- Isa 43:3For I am Yahweh your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I have given Egypt as your ransom, Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
- Isa 12:2Behold, God is my salvation. I will trust, and will not be afraid; for Yah, Yahweh, is my strength and song; and he has become my salvation.”
- 2 Pet 3:18But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and forever. Amen.
- Isa 60:16You will also drink the milk of the nations, and will nurse from royal breasts. Then you will know that I, Yahweh, am your Savior, your Redeemer, the Mighty One of Jacob.
- Acts 13:23From this man’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,
- Acts 5:31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
- Matt 1:22–23Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
- John 4:42They said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world.”
- John 13:7Jesus answered him, “You don’t know what I am doing now, but you will understand later.”
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Christ at the center
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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