'Expectation' in the Bible
My soul, wait in silence for God alone, for my expectation is from him.
When a wicked man dies, hope perishes, and expectation of power comes to nothing.
The desire of the righteous is only good. The expectation of the wicked is wrath.
They will be dismayed and confounded, because of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory.
The inhabitants of this coast land will say in that day, 'Behold, this is our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria. And we, how will we escape?'"
I said, My strength is perished, and my expectation from Yahweh.
Ashkelon will see it, and fear; Gaza also, and will writhe in agony; as will Ekron, for her expectation will be disappointed; and the king will perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon will not be inhabited.