Lexicon :: Strong's H5641 - sāṯar

It is the glory of God to conceal a matter

and the glory of kings to investigate a matter.

Better an open reprimand

than concealed love.

When the wicked come to power,

people hide,

but when they are destroyed,

the righteous flourish.

I will wait for the LORD,

who is hiding his face from the house of Jacob.

I will wait for him.

Give us counsel and make a decision.

Shelter us at noonday

with shade that is as dark as night.

Hide the refugees;

do not betray the one who flees.

For you said, “We have made a covenant with Death,

and we have an agreement with Sheol;

when the overwhelming catastrophe[fn] passes through,

it will not touch us,

because we have made falsehood our refuge

and have hidden behind treachery.”

Therefore, I will again confound these people

with wonder after wonder.

The wisdom of their wise will vanish,

and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden.

Jacob, why do you say,

and Israel, why do you assert,

“My way is hidden from the LORD,

and my claim is ignored by my God”?

Yes, you are a God who hides,

God of Israel, Savior.

He made my words like a sharp sword;

he hid me in the shadow of his hand.

He made me like a sharpened arrow;

he hid me in his quiver.

I gave my back to those who beat me,

and my cheeks to those who tore out my beard.

I did not hide my face from scorn and spitting.

“In a surge of anger

I hid my face from you for a moment,

but I will have compassion on you

with everlasting love,”

says the LORD your Redeemer.

“Because of his sinful greed I was angry,

so I struck him; I was angry and hid;

but he went on turning back to the desires of his heart.

But your iniquities are separating you

from your God,

and your sins have hidden his face from you

so that he does not listen.

No one calls on your name,

striving to take hold of you.

For you have hidden your face from us

and made us melt because of[fn][fn] our iniquity.

“Whoever asks for a blessing in the land

will ask for a blessing by the God of truth,

and whoever swears in the land

will swear by the God of truth.

For the former troubles will be forgotten

and hidden from my sight.

“for my gaze takes in all their ways. They are not concealed from me, and their iniquity is not hidden from my sight.

“Can a person hide in secret places where I cannot see him? ” ​— ​the LORD’s declaration. “Do I not fill the heavens and the earth? ” ​— ​the LORD’s declaration.

“The people coming to fight the Chaldeans will fill the houses with the corpses of their own men that I strike down in my wrath and fury. I have hidden my face from this city because of all their evil.

The officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide and tell no one where you are.”

“And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile on account of their iniquity, because they dealt unfaithfully with me. Therefore, I hid my face from them and handed them over to their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.

I will redeem[fn] them from death.

Death, where are your barbs?

Sheol, where is your sting?

Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

If they hide

on the top of Carmel,

from there I will track them down

and seize them;

if they conceal themselves

from my sight on the sea floor,

from there I will command

the sea serpent to bite them.

Then they will cry out to the LORD,

but he will not answer them.

He will hide his face from them at that time

because of the crimes they have committed.

Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth,

who carry out what he commands.

Seek righteousness, seek humility;

perhaps you will be concealed

on the day of the LORD’s anger.