Luke 2:38

The voice of one who calls out, “Prepare the way of Yahweh in the wilderness! Make a level highway in the desert for our God.

Be strong, and let your heart take courage, all you who hope in Yahweh.

Wait for Yahweh, and keep his way, and he will exalt you to inherit the land. When the wicked are cut off, you shall see it.

but those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.

Therefore Yahweh will wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore he will be exalted, that he may have mercy on you, for Yahweh is a God of justice. Blessed are all those who wait for him.

Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or scared of them; for Yahweh your God himself is who goes with you. He will not fail you nor forsake you.”

For the vision is yet for the appointed time, and it hurries toward the end, and won’t prove false. Though it takes time, wait for it; because it will surely come. It won’t delay.

Three times in a year all of your males shall appear before Yahweh your God in the place which he chooses: in the feast of unleavened bread, in the feast of weeks, and in the feast of booths. They shall not appear before Yahweh empty.

Cast your burden on Yahweh and he will sustain you. He will never allow the righteous to be moved.

The Lord Yahweh’s Spirit is on me, because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and release to those who are bound,

For this is he, of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Yahweh comes.

strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy,

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,

As it is written in the prophets, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you:

My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.

Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.

Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.

I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me.

The kings of the earth take a stand, and the rulers take counsel together, against Yahweh, and against his Anointed, saying,

Our soul has waited for Yahweh. He is our help and our shield.

The kings of Tarshish and of the islands will bring tribute. The kings of Sheba and Seba shall offer gifts.

My soul faints for your salvation. I hope in your word.

In the day that I called, you answered me. You encouraged me with strength in my soul.

Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and, “God has visited his people!”

and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus,

For our wrestling is not against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world’s rulers of the darkness of this age, and against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.

All the nations of the earth will be blessed by your offspring, because you have obeyed my voice.’ ”

Yes, no one who waits for you will be shamed. They will be shamed who deal treacherously without cause.

Rest in Yahweh, and wait patiently for him. Don’t fret because of him who prospers in his way, because of the man who makes wicked plots happen.

I waited patiently for Yahweh. He turned to me, and heard my cry.

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting even to everlasting! Let all the people say, “Amen.” Praise Yah!

It shall be said in that day, “Behold, this is our God! We have waited for him, and he will save us! This is Yahweh! We have waited for him. We will be glad and rejoice in his salvation!”

Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, we have waited for you. Your name and your renown are the desire of our soul.

In overflowing wrath I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting loving kindness I will have mercy on you,” says Yahweh your Redeemer.

They were both righteous before God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord.

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

He said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”

There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

The woman said to him, “I know that Messiah comes, he who is called Christ. When he has come, he will declare to us all things.”

Watch! Stand firm in the faith! Be courageous! Be strong!

I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh.

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 come on them; so that they will say in that day, ‘Haven’t these evils come on us because our God is not among us?’

David said to Abigail, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who sent you today to meet me!

He said, “Blessed is Yahweh, the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David your father, and has with his hand fulfilled it, saying,

Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.

You count my wanderings. You put my tears into your container. Aren’t they in your book?

My soul rests in God alone. My salvation is from him.

He has sent redemption to his people. He has ordained his covenant forever. His name is holy and awesome!

A multitude of camels will cover you, the dromedaries of Midian and Ephah. All from Sheba will come. They will bring gold and frankincense, and will proclaim the praises of Yahweh.

In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them. In his love and in his pity he redeemed them. He bore them, and carried them all the days of old.

while men come to fight with the Chaldeans, and to fill them with the dead bodies of men, whom I have killed in my anger and in my wrath, and for all whose wickedness I have hidden my face from this city:

Yahweh is good to those who wait for him, to the soul who seeks him.

For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make the way of the Lord ready! Make his paths straight!”

Behold, there was a man in Jerusalem whose name was Simeon. This man was righteous and devout, looking for the consolation of Israel, and the Holy Spirit was on him.

This is he of whom it is written, ‘Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.’

For God so loved the world, that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

to the intent that now through the assembly the manifold wisdom of God might be made known to the principalities and the powers in the heavenly places,

that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, that you may be strengthened with power through his Spirit in the inner person,

giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;

“If there is beside him an angel, an interpreter, one among a thousand, to show to man what is right for him;

Tell those who have a fearful heart, “Be strong! Don’t be afraid! Behold, your God will come with vengeance, God’s retribution. He will come and save you.

Wait for Yahweh. Be strong, and let your heart take courage. Yes, wait for Yahweh.

I wait for Yahweh. My soul waits. I hope in his word.

They came into the house and saw the young child with Mary, his mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures, they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.

Joseph of Arimathaea, a prominent council member who also himself was looking for God’s Kingdom, came. He boldly went in to Pilate, and asked for Jesus’ body.

“Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, for he has visited and redeemed his people;

But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.

Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!

Oh that you were like my brother, who nursed from the breasts of my mother! If I found you outside, I would kiss you; yes, and no one would despise me.

I will wait for Yahweh, who hides his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him.

It was broken in that day; and thus the poor of the flock that listened to me knew that it was Yahweh’s word.

“Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!” says Yahweh of Armies.

Then those who feared Yahweh spoke one with another; and Yahweh listened, and heard, and a book of memory was written before him, for those who feared Yahweh, and who honored his name.

When they saw it, they publicized widely the saying which was spoken to them about this child.

(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea, a city of the Jews, who was also waiting for God’s Kingdom:

He first found his own brother, Simon, and said to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is, being interpreted, Christ).

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,