Jesaja 8:17

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling

Daarom zal ik wachten op den Heer, die zijn aangezicht verborgen heeft voor Jakobs huis; ja ik verwacht Hem.

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Ik zal den Heer verbeiden, die zijn aangezicht voor het huis Jakobs verbergt, en blijf op hem hopen.

Staten Vertaling
Daarom zal ik den Heere verbeiden, Die Zijn aangezicht verbergt voor het huis van Jakob, en ik zal Hem verwachten.

Bible Verse Review
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I will: Isaiah 25:9, Isaiah 26:8, Isaiah 33:2, Isaiah 64:4, Genesis 49:18, Psalms 27:14, Psalms 33:20, Psalms 37:34, Psalms 39:7, Psalms 40:1, Psalms 130:5, Lamentations 3:25, Lamentations 3:26, Hosea 12:6, Micah 7:7, Habakkuk 2:3, 1 Thessalonians 1:10, 2 Thessalonians 3:5, Hebrews 10:36-39

hideth: Isaiah 54:8, Isaiah 59:2, Isaiah 64:7, Deuteronomy 31:17, Deuteronomy 31:18, Deuteronomy 32:20, Ezekiel 39:23, Ezekiel 39:24, Micah 3:4

I will look: Isaiah 50:10, Luke 2:38, Hebrews 9:28

Reciprocal: Genesis 8:10 - stayed Genesis 8:12 - And he Deuteronomy 22:1 - hide thyself 2 Kings 6:33 - wait for the Job 13:24 - hidest thou Job 23:9 - he hideth himself Psalms 37:7 - wait Psalms 60:10 - Wilt Psalms 89:46 - wilt Psalms 102:2 - Hide Psalms 143:7 - hide not Song of Solomon 5:6 - but my Isaiah 22:11 - ye have Isaiah 30:18 - blessed Isaiah 40:31 - they that Isaiah 45:15 - a God Isaiah 57:17 - I hid Jeremiah 10:19 - Truly Jeremiah 33:5 - I have hid Zechariah 11:11 - that waited Hebrews 12:2 - Looking

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And I will wait upon the Lord,.... Or "for the Lord" x; for the coming of Christ, the Immanuel, who would be a sanctuary to some, and a stone of stumbling to others, and whose doctrine in the meanwhile would be bound up and sealed; faith in, and expectation of the Messiah's coming, are often signified by waiting for him,

Isaiah 25:9:

that hideth his face from the house of Jacob; to whom the promise of him was made, from whom he should descend, to whom he should be sent, and whom he would redeem. This is not to be understood of his deserting of his people, and withdrawing his gracious presence from them, to show his displeasure at them, and resentment of their conduct, which is sometimes the sense of this phrase; but as descriptive of Christ before his assumption of human nature, when he was "Deus absconditus", the hidden God, as some render the words in

Isaiah 45:15 until he was manifest in the flesh; and which is therefore called his "appearing", 2 Timothy 1:10:

and I will look for him; the prophet here speaks in his own person, and in the person of the church who in that, and in succeeding ages, as well as before, were looking by faith for the coming of Christ, and redemption by him, Luke 2:38 though some understand this of Christ, expressing his satisfaction in the few disciples he had among the Jews, and determining to wait for the accomplishment of divine promises hereafter, when he should have a larger number; the Lord for the present hiding his face from the Jewish nation, and giving them to a spirit of judicial blindness; which sense well agrees with what goes before, and follows after.

x וחכיתי ליהוה "praestolabor Dominum", Montanus; "expectabo Dominum", V. L.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And I will wait upon the Lord - This is the commencement of a new subject. The prophet had closed his former message; but had seen that in regard to the great mass of the nation, his exhortation had been in vain. He now says, that having delivered his message, he would patiently look to God alone. His hope was in him, though the nation looked elsewhere; and though calamities were coming, yet he would still trust in God only.

That hideth his face - This is a figurative expression, denoting the withdrawing of his favor and protection. He would leave them, and give them to deserved punishment; compare Job 23:9; Job 13:24; Psalms 44:24; Psalms 10:1; Psalms 104:29.

And I will look for him - I will expect aid from him, and will believe that his promises of final protection will yet be fulfilled; compare Habakkuk 2:3 :

For 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.