Isaiah 8:17 · KJV
“And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.”
— Isaiah 8:17
Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me {are} for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
Isaiah 8 — Context
And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken.
16Bind up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples.
17And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.
18Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me {are} for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.
19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Cross References
Hebrews 10:36-39
For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise.
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.
Lamentations 3:25-26
The LORD {is} good unto them that wait for him, to the soul {that} seeketh him.
Isaiah 25:9
And 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.
Psalms 33:20
Our soul waiteth for the LORD: he {is} our help and our shield.
Isaiah 54:8
In 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.
Deuteronomy 31:17-18
Then 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? {befall: Heb. find}
Hebrews 9:28
So 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.