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Isaiah 8:17

“And I will wait for YHWH, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.”

Isaiah 8:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · Hebrews 2:13

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Hebrews quotes two sentences from Isaiah 8:17-18 and puts them in the mouth of the Son.

Formula: καὶ πάλιν “and again” (Hebrews 2:13)

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ πάλιν Ἐγὼ ἔσομαι πεποιθὼς ἐπ’ αὐτῷ καὶ πάλιν Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καὶ τὰ παιδία ἅ μοι ἔδωκεν ὁ θεός

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וְחִכִּיתִי לַיהוָה הַמַּסְתִּיר פָּנָיו מִבֵּית יַעֲקֹב וְקִוֵּיתִי לוֹ הִנֵּה אָנֹכִי וְהַיְלָדִים אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לִי יְהוָה לְאֹתוֹת וּלְמוֹפְתִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעִם יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת הַשֹּׁכֵן בְּהַר צִיּוֹן

Septuagint (Isaiah 8:17-18 in the Septuagint numbering): καὶ ἐρεῖ Μενῶ τὸν θεὸν τὸν ἀποστρέψαντα τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ τοῦ οἴκου Ἰακώβ, καὶ πεποιθὼς ἔσομαι ἐπ’ αὐτῷ. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ καὶ τὸ, παιδία ἅ μοι ἔδωκεν ὃ θεός. καὶ ἔσται εἷς σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα ἐν τῷ Ἰσραὴλ παρὰ Κυρίου σαβαώθ, ὃς κατοικεῖ ἐν τῷ ὄρει Σιών.

The Greek of the NT matches the Septuagint word for word in 6 consecutive words: “παιδία ἅ μοι ἔδωκεν ὁ θεός.”

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Isaiah 8:17, word by word

And I will waitחִכִּיתִיchikiti

wait, wait for

To wait, to wait for something to happen or for someone to act (2 Kings 7:9). In the Psalms and in Isaiah it is also used for waiting on God with trust (Isaiah 30:18).

Where else “chikiti” appears
for YHWHיהוָהyhva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yhva” appears
who hidesמַּסְתִּירmastir

hide the face

"Hide the face": withdraw favor.

Where else “mastir” appears
his faceפָּנָיpanay

face

The front of the head, of someone or of God.

Where else “panay” appears
from the houseבֵּיתbet

dynasty

Someone's descendants: "the house of David".

Where else “bet” appears
of Jacobיַעֲקֹבyaakov

Jacob

Jacob, the younger son of Isaac and Rebekah, twin brother of Esau and father of the twelve tribes. In Hebrew "Yaakov" sounds like "heel" and "supplant" (Genesis 25:26; 27:36). God later gave him the name Israel; the name also stands for his descendants, the people of Israel.

Where else “yaakov” appears
and I will hopeקִוֵּיתִיkiveti

wait

To long and look for, above all YHWH.

Where else “kiveti” appears

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Quotation · Hebrews 2:13

Hebrews quotes two sentences from Isaiah 8:17-18 and puts them in the mouth of the Son.

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Isaiah 8:17

17And I will wait for YHWH, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will hope in him.

Hebrews 2:13

13And again: I will be trusting in him. And again: Look, I and the children whom God has given me.

The context

16Bind up the testimony, seal the instruction among my disciples.

17 · This verse (above)

18Look, I and the children whom YHWH has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from YHWH Tsevaot, who dwells on Mount Zion.

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