Isaiah 30:18

And yet will Jehovah wait to be gracious to you, And yet will he arise to have mercy upon you; For Jehovah is a righteous God; Happy are all they who wait for him!

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

In Context

17A thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one, And ten thousand at the rebuke of five, Till what remains of you shall be as a beacon on the top of a mountain, As a banner upon a hill.

19For, O people of Zion, that dwellest in Jerusalem, Thou shalt not always weep! He will be very gracious to thee at the voice of thy cry; No sooner shall he hear it, than he will answer thee.

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Cross References

Job 35:14Much less when thou sayest thou canst not see him: Justice is with him,—only wait thou for him!

Psalms 27:14Be of good courage; let thy heart be strong; Hope thou in the LORD!

Psalms 34:8O taste, and see how good is the LORD! Happy the man who trusteth in him!

Psalms 46:10“Desist, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted throughout the earth!”

Psalms 62:5My soul, rest thou on God alone, For from him cometh my hope!

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:9-18

Doom of Incorrigible Sinners. ( b. c. 720.) 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord : 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12… Read the whole commentary →

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