Isaiah 8:17

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.

Parallel Translations

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

Hebrew Names Version
I will wait for the LORD, who hides his face from the house of Ya`akov, and I will look for him.

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

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.

New Century Version
I will wait for the Lord to help us, the Lord who is ashamed of the family of Israel. I will wait 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.

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

Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore I will waite vpon the Lord that hath hid his face from the house of Iaakob, and I wil looke 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.

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.

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

Complete Jewish Bible
I will wait for Adonai , who is hiding his face from the house of Ya‘akov; yes, I will look for him.

Darby Translation
And I will wait for Jehovah, who hideth his face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for him.

Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord has turned away from the family of Jacob. But I will wait for him. I trust that he will come to save us.

George Lamsa Translation
And in my teaching I will wait for the LORD, who has turned away his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

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

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

Literal Translation
And I will wait on Jehovah, who hides His face from the house of Jacob; and I will look for Him.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Thus I waite vpon the LORDE, that hath turned his face from the house of Iacob, and I loke vnto 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.

Bible in Basic English
And I will be waiting for the Lord, whose face is veiled from the house of Jacob, and I will be looking for him.

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

King James Version (1611)
And I wil wait vpon the Lord that hideth his face from the house of Iacob, and I will looke for him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I wyll wayte vpon the Lorde that hideth his face from the house of Iacob, and I wyll loke for him.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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.

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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Y schal abide the Lord, that hath hid his face fro the hous of Jacob, and Y schal abide hym.

Update Bible Version
And I will wait for Yahweh, that hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for 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.

New English Translation
I will wait patiently for the Lord , who has rejected the family of Jacob; I will wait 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 Life Bible
I will wait for the Lord Who is hiding His face from the family of Jacob. I trust Him and hope in Him.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I will therefore long for Yahweh, Who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob, - And will wait, for him.

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.

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.

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.

New American Standard Bible (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.

Contextual Overview

¹⁶ Preserve the teaching of God; entrust his instructions to those who follow me. ¹⁷ I will wait for the Lord , who has turned away from the descendants of Jacob. I will put my hope in him. ¹⁸ I and the children the Lord has given me serve as signs and warnings to Israel from the Lord of Heaven's Armies who dwells in his Temple on Mount Zion. ¹⁹ Someone may say to you, "Let's ask the mediums and those who consult the spirits of the dead. With their whisperings and mutterings, they will tell us what to do." But shouldn't people ask God for guidance? Should the living seek guidance from the dead? ²⁰ Look to God's instructions and teachings! People who contradict his word are completely in the dark. ²¹ They will go from one place to another, weary and hungry. And because they are hungry, they will rage and curse their king and their God. They will look up to heaven ²² and down at the earth, but wherever they look, there will be trouble and anguish and dark despair. They will be thrown out into the darkness.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

Cross-References

Genesis 1:22
Then God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and multiply. Let the fish fill the seas, and let the birds multiply on the earth."

Genesis 1:28
Then God blessed them and said, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth and govern it. Reign over the fish in the sea, the birds in the sky, and all the animals that scurry along the ground."

Genesis 8:13
Noah was now 601 years old. On the first day of the new year, ten and a half months after the flood began, the floodwaters had almost dried up from the earth. Noah lifted back the covering of the boat and saw that the surface of the ground was drying.

Genesis 8:14
Two more months went by, and at last the earth was dry!

Genesis 8:15
Then God said to Noah,

Genesis 9:1
Then God blessed Noah and his sons and told them, "Be fruitful and multiply. Fill the earth.

Genesis 9:7
Now be fruitful and multiply, and repopulate the earth."

Psalms 107:38
How he blesses them! They raise large families there, and their herds of livestock increase.

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.