What is the meaning of the word "wait" in Isaiah 49:23?
Isaiah 49:23
NKJV - 23 Kings shall be your foster fathers, And their queens your nursing mothers; They shall bow down to you with their faces to the earth, And lick up the dust of your feet. Then you will know that I am the LORD, For they shall not be ashamed who wait for Me.
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Kumbirai Kachere
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Timothy Maas
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As indicated in Strong's Bible Concordance (https://biblehub.com/hebrew/strongs_6960.htm), the Hebrew word translated as "wait" (anglicized as "qavah") in the verse cited in the question appears 49 times in the Old Testament, and is expressed by multiple other terms, including "hope", "look for", and "expect". In the context of the cited verse, God is saying that, even in the midst of earthly hardship, those who patiently wait for God to act with regard to addressing or rectifying a given situation will ultimately not be disappointed (or "ashamed", as the NKJV expresses it) for having done so.
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