Isaiah 8:17

Isaiah models faith by waiting and hoping in the Lord even when God seems hidden.

Cross-references · 29

• Heb 10:36–39For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
• Hab 2:3For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry.
• Isa 25:9And 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.
• Lam 3:25–26The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
• Ps 33:20Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he is our help and our shield.
• Isa 54:8In 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.
• Deut 31:17–18Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
• Heb 9:28So 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.
• Ps 27:14Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.
• Isa 59:2But your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
• Isa 50:10Who 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.
• 1 Th 1:10And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.
• Mic 7:7Therefore I will look unto the LORD; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.
• Mic 3:4Then shall they cry unto the LORD, but he will not hear them: he will even hide his face from them at that time, as they have behaved themselves ill in their doings.
• Ezek 39:23–24And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity for their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore hid I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their enemies: so fell they all by the sword.
• Hos 12:6Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually.
• Deut 32:20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
• Isa 64:7And 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.
• 2 Th 3:5And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
• Isa 1:15And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Ps 39:7And now, Lord, what wait I for? my hope is in thee.
• Isa 26:8Yea, 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.
• Ps 130:5I wait for the LORD, my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.
• Gen 49:18I have waited for thy salvation, O LORD.
• Ps 40:1I waited patiently for the LORD; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry.
• Luke 2:38And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.
• Isa 33:2O LORD, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
• Ps 37:34Wait on the LORD, and keep his way, and he shall exalt thee to inherit the land: when the wicked are cut off, thou shalt see it.
• Isa 64:4For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.

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