'Expectation' in the Bible
For the needy shall not alway be forgotten, Nor the expectation of the poor perish for ever.
My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him.
The hope of the righteous'shall be gladness; But the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish; And the hope of iniquity perisheth.
The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
And they shall be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
And the inhabitant of this coast-land shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and we, how shall we escape?
And I said, My strength is perished, and mine expectation from Jehovah.
Ashkelon shall see it, and fear; Gaza also, and shall be sore pained; and Ekron, for her expectation shall be put to shame; and the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited.