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And therefore will the Lordo 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: blessedp are all they that wait for him.

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Hos. 5:15• ¹⁵I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hos. 5:15)

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Psa. 34:8• ⁸Taste ye and see that Jehovah [is] good;{HR}Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in him. (Psa. 34:8)

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Isa. 55:8• ⁸For my thoughts [are] not your thoughts, neither [are] your ways my ways, saith Jehovah. (Isa. 55:8)

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Ex. 34:6• ⁶{i}And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,{/i} (Ex. 34:6)

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Hos. 2:14• ¹⁴{i}Therefore behold, I will allure her, and bring her into the wilderness, and speak to her heart.{/i} (Hos. 2:14)

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Rom. 5:20• ²⁰But law came in by the way, in order that the offence might abound; but where sin abounded, grace over-abounded (Rom. 5:20)

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Rom. 9:15‑18• ¹⁵For to Moses he saith, “I will have mercy on whomsoever I have mercy and will pity whomsoever I pity.”
¹⁶So then [it is] not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God that hath mercy.
¹⁷For the scripture saith to Pharaoh, “For this very thing I raised thee up, so that I might display in thee my power, and that my name might be declared in all the earth.”
¹⁸So then on whom he willeth he hath mercy and whom he willeth he hardeneth. (Rom. 9:15‑18)

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Isa. 18:4• ⁴For thus Jehovah said unto me, I will take my rest, and I will observe in my dwelling-place like clear heat upon herbs, like a cloud of dew in the heat of harvest. (Isa. 18:4)

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Isa. 57:17‑18• ¹⁷For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
¹⁸I have seen his ways and will heal him; and I will lead him, and will restore comforts to him and to those of his that mourn. (Isa. 57:17‑18)

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Jer. 31:18‑20• ¹⁸I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke: turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art Jehovah my God.
¹⁹Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon my thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
²⁰Is Ephraim my dear son? Is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 31:18‑20)

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Hos. 5:15• ¹⁵I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early. (Hos. 5:15)

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Hos. 6:1‑2• ¹Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
²After two days he will revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. (Hos. 6:1‑2)

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Hos. 11:8‑9• ⁸How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are kindled together.
⁹I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city. (Hos. 11:8‑9)

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Jonah 3:4‑10• ⁴And Jonah began to enter into the city a day's journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days and Nineveh shall be overthrown!
⁵So the people of Nineveh believed God, and proclaimed a fast, and put on sackcloth, {i}from the greatest of them even to the least of them.{/i}
⁶{i}And the word reached the king of Nineveh, and he arose from his throne, and laid his robe from him, and covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.{/i}
⁷{i}And he caused it to be proclaimed and published through Nineveh by the decree of the king and his nobles, saying, Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste anything: let them not feed, nor drink water;{/i}
⁸{i}and let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God; and let them turn everyone from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.{/i}
⁹Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
¹⁰And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not. (Jonah 3:4‑10)

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Matt. 15:22‑28• ²²and, behold, a Canaanite woman coming out from those borders cried out, saying, Pity me, Lord, Son of David; my daughter is grievously possessed by a demon.
²³But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and asked him, saying, Dismiss her, for she crieth out after us.
²⁴But he said in answer, I was not sent save to the lost sheep of Israel's house.
²⁵And she came and paid him homage, saying, Lord, help me.
²⁶But he said in answer, It is not good to take the children's bread and cast [it] to the dogs.
²⁷But she said, Yea, Lord; for even the dogs eat of the crumbs that fall from the table of their masters.
²⁸Then Jesus in answer said to her, O woman, great [is] thy faith: be it done to thee as thou wiliest. And her daughter was healed from that hour. (Matt. 15:22‑28)

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Luke 15:20• ²⁰And he arose and came unto his father. But while he was yet a long way off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell upon his neck and covered him with kisses. (Luke 15:20)

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Rom. 9:22• ²²And if God, willing to display his wrath and to make known his power, endured in much longsuffering vessels of wrath fitted for destruction, (Rom. 9:22)

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2 Peter 3:9,15• ⁹{i}[The] Lord does not delay his promise, as some account of delay, but is longsuffering towards you, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance{/i}.
¹⁵and count the long-suffering of our Lord salvation, even as our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given to him, (2 Peter 3:9,15)

will he be.

Isa. 33:10‑12• ¹⁰Now will I arise, saith Jehovah; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
¹¹Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble; your breath [as] fire shall devour you,
¹²and the peoples shall be [as] the burnings of lime; [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire. (Isa. 33:10‑12)

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Psa. 46:10‑11• ¹⁰Leave off, and know that I [am] God:{HR}I will be exalted among the nations;{HR}I will be exalted in the earth.
¹¹Jehovah of hosts [is] with us;{HR}The God of Jacob [is] our refuge. Selah. (Psa. 46:10‑11)

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Psa. 76:5‑10• ⁵The strong of heart have been spoiled,{HR}They have slumbered their sleep;{HR}And none of the men of might have found their hands.
⁶At thy rebuke, O God of Jacob,{HR}Both chariot and horse [are] cast into a dead sleep.
⁷Thou [art] terrible, thou;{HR}And who shall stand in thy presence when once [in] thine anger?
⁸From the heavens thou didst cause judgment to be heard;{HR}The earth feared and was still.
⁹When God rose for the judgment,{HR}To save all the meek of the earth. Selah.
¹⁰For the wrath of man shall praise thee;{HR}The remainder of fury wilt thou restrain . (Psa. 76:5‑10)

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Luke 24:26‑27• ²⁶Ought not the Christ to have suffered these things and to enter into his glory?
²⁷And beginning from Moses and from all the prophets, he interpreted to them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. (Luke 24:26‑27)

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Acts 2:33‑39• ³³Having therefore been exalted by the right hand of God and received of the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured forth this which ye see and hear.
³⁴For David ascended not into the heavens, but saith himself, The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand
³⁵till I make thine enemies [the] footstool of thy feet.
³⁶Let all [the] house of Israel therefore know assuredly that God made him both Lord and Christ(this Jesus whom ye crucified.
³⁷And when they heard, they were pricked in heart and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles, What shall we do, brethren?
³⁸And Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized each of you in the name of Jesus Christ for remission of sins; and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
³⁹For to you is the promise, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, as many as [the] Lord our God shall call to [him]. (Acts 2:33‑39)

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Acts 5:31• ³¹him God exalted with his right hand as Leader and Saviour to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins. (Acts 5:31)

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Eph. 1:6,20‑23• ⁶unto [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he made us objects of grace in the beloved;
²⁰which he wrought in the Christ in having raised him out of the dead, and seated [him] at his right hand in the heavenly [places],
²¹far above every principality and authority and power and lordship and every name named not only in this age but also in that to come;
²²and put all things under his feet, and gave him as head over all things to the assembly,
²³which is his body, the fullness of him that filleth all in all. (Eph. 1:6,20‑23)

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Isa. 33:5• ⁵Jehovah is exalted, for he dwelleth on high; he hath filled Zion with judgment and righteousness. (Isa. 33:5)

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Isa. 42:1‑4• ¹Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect [in whom] my soul delighteth I have put my Spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the nations.
²He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street.
³A crushed reed shall he not break, and dim flax shall he not quench; he shall bring forth judgment in truth.
⁴He shall not faint nor be crushed till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law. (Isa. 42:1‑4)

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Deut. 32:4• ⁴{i}He is the Rock{/i}, his doing is perfect:{HR}For all his ways are judgment:{HR}A God of truth without iniquity,{HR}Just and right is he. (Deut. 32:4)

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1 Sam. 2:3• ³Talk no more so exceeding proudly;{HR}Let not arrogancy come out of your mouth:{HR}For Jehovah is a God of knowledge,{HR}And by him actions are weighed. (1 Sam. 2:3)

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Job 35:14• ¹⁴Though thou say thou seest him not,{HR}Judgment [is] before him, and wait thou on him. (Job 35:14)

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Psa. 99:4• ⁴And the king's strength loveth judgment:{HR}{i}Thou{/i} hast established equity;{HR}{i}Thou{/i} hast wrought judgment{HR}And righteousness in Jacob. (Psa. 99:4)

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Jer. 10:24‑25• ²⁴{i}Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.{/i}
²⁵{i}Pour out thy fury upon the nations that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name; for they have eaten up Jacob, yea, they have eaten him up and consumed him, and have laid waste his dwelling-place.{/i} (Jer. 10:24‑25)

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Mic. 7:18‑20• ¹⁸{i}Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.{/i}
¹⁹{i}He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.{/i}
²⁰{i}Thou wilt perform truth to Jacob, loving-kindness to Abraham, which thou hast sworn unto our fathers, from the days of old.{/i} (Mic. 7:18‑20)

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Mal. 2:17• ¹⁷Ye have wearied Jehovah with your words; yet ye say, Wherein have we wearied him? When ye say, Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of Jehovah, and he delighteth in them; or, Where is the God of judgment? (Mal. 2:17)

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Rom. 2:2‑10• ²But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon those that do such things.
³And dost thou reckon this, O man that judgest those that do such things and practicest them, that thou shalt escape the judgment of God?
⁴Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance?
⁵But according to thy hardness and unrepentant heart thou treasurest to thyself wrath in [the] day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment,
⁶who shall render to each according to his works:
⁷to those that with patience in good work seek for glory and honour and incorruption, eternal life;
⁸but to those that are contentious and disobey the truth but obey unrighteousness, wrath and indignation,
⁹tribulation and anguish on every soul of man that worketh out evil, both of Jew first and of Greek;
¹⁰but glory and honour and peace to everyone that worketh good, both to Jew first and to Greek; (Rom. 2:2‑10)

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Eph. 1:8• ⁸which he caused to abound toward us in all wisdom and intelligence, (Eph. 1:8)

blessed.

Isa. 8:17• ¹⁷And I will wait for Jehovah that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. (Isa. 8:17)

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Isa. 25:9• ⁹And it shall be said in that day, Behold, this [is] our God; we have waited for him, and he will save us: this [is] Jehovah; we have waited for him; we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. (Isa. 25:9)

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Isa. 26:7‑8• ⁷The way of the just [is] uprightness: thou, the Upright, dost make the path of the just even.
⁸Yea, in the way of thy judgments, O Jehovah, have we waited for thee; to thy name and to thy memorial [is] the desire of [our] soul. (Isa. 26:7‑8)

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Isa. 40:31• ³¹but they that wait upon Jehovah shall renew [their] strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint. (Isa. 40:31)

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Psa. 2:12• ¹²Kiss the Son, lest he be angry and ye perish in the way{HR}When his anger consumeth but a little:{HR}Blessed [are] all who trust in him. (Psa. 2:12)

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Psa. 27:14• ¹⁴Wait for Jehovah;{HR}Be strong, and he shall strengthen thy heart;{HR}Yea, wait for Jehovah. (Psa. 27:14)

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Psa. 28:6‑7• ⁶Blessed [be] Jehovah, for he hath heard the voice of my supplications.
⁷Jehovah [is] my strength and my shield,{HR}In him hath my heart trusted,{HR}And I have been helped;{HR}My heart also exulteth,{HR}And with my song do I praise him. (Psa. 28:6‑7)

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Psa. 34:8• ⁸Taste ye and see that Jehovah [is] good;{HR}Blessed [is] the man that trusteth in him. (Psa. 34:8)

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Psa. 40:1‑3• ¹To the chief musician; a psalm of David.{HR}Waiting I waited for Jehovah,{HR}And he inclined unto me and heard my cry.
²And he brought me up from a pit of noise,{HR}From the miry clay, and set my feet on a rock;{HR}He fixed my steps.
³And he put in my mouth a new song, praise to our God:{HR}Many shall {i}see{/i} and fear, and trust in Jehovah. (Psa. 40:1‑3)

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Psa. 62:1‑2,5‑8• ¹To the chief musician, on Jeduthun, a psalm of David.{HR}Only on God [is] my soul still ;{HR}From him [is] my salvation.
²Only he [is] my rock and my salvation, my high place;{HR}I shall not be greatly moved.
⁵Only on God be still, my soul,{HR}For from him [is] my expectation.
⁶Only he [is] my rock and my salvation,{HR}My high place;{HR}I shall not be moved.
⁷On God [resteth] my salvation and my glory;{HR}The rock of my strength,{HR}My refuge [is] in God.
⁸Confide in him at every time, O people;{HR}Pour out before him your heart:{HR}God [is] a refuge for us. Selah. (Psa. 62:1‑2,5‑8)

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Psa. 84:12• ¹²O Jehovah of hosts,{HR}Blessed the man that trusteth in thee. (Psa. 84:12)

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Prov. 16:20• ²⁰He that giveth heed to the word shall find good;{HR}And whoso confideth in Jehovah, happy [is] he. (Prov. 16:20)

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Jer. 17:7• ⁷Blessed is the man that trusteth in Jehovah, and whose hope Jehovah is. (Jer. 17:7)

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Lam. 3:25‑26• ²⁵Jehovah is good to them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him.
²⁶It is good that one should both hope and quietly wait for the salvation of Jehovah. (Lam. 3:25‑26)

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Mic. 7:7‑9• ⁷{i}But as for me, I will look unto Jehovah; I will wait for the God of my salvation: my God will hear me.{/i}
⁸{i}Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.{/i}
⁹{i}I will bear the indignation of Jehovah—for I have sinned against him—until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness.{/i} (Mic. 7:7‑9)

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Luke 2:25• ²⁵And behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and pious, awaiting the consolation of Israel, and [the] Holy Spirit was upon him. (Luke 2:25)

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Rom. 8:25‑28• ²⁵But if we hope for what we do not see, in patience we await.
²⁶And likewise too the Spirit joineth help to our weakness; for what we should pray for as we ought we know not, but the Spirit itself pleadeth [for us] with unutterable groanings;
²⁷and he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what [is] the mind of the Spirit, because according to God it pleadeth in behalf of saints.
²⁸But we do know that all things work together for good to those that love God, to those that are called according to purpose. (Rom. 8:25‑28)

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James 5:11• ¹¹Behold, we call them blessed who endured. Ye heard of the endurance of Job, and saw [the] Lord's end; for the Lord is full of compassion, and merciful. (James 5:11)

• In verse 18 of our chapter a different note is sounded, which continues to the end. The Lord speaks of mercy that shall yet be shown to them, since He delights in it. Just when everything seems lost, and they are left as a lonely “beacon upon the top of a mountain,” mercy will be shown; and as we read these verses (18-33) we see that though the Lord will afflict them in His holy government, yet He will ultimately guide them. (“Isaiah 30” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up, that he may have mercyg upon you; for Jehovah is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "will he withdraw himself until he have mercy."

W. Kelly Translation

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And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself upa that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.

WK Translation Notes

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Not to cut off Israel, but have mercy.