Isa 8:17, 45:15 | JFB | STEP | 17. I —Whatever the rest of the nation may do, I will look to Jehovah alone. that hideth . . . face — though He seems now to withdraw His countenance from Judah (the then representative of "the house of Jacob"). Let us wait and trust in, though we cannot see, Him ( ).

Isaiah 8:17

17. I—Whatever the rest of the nation may do, I will look to Jehovah alone.

that hideth . . . face—though He seems now to withdraw His countenance from Judah (the then representative of "the house of Jacob"). Let us wait and trust in, though we cannot see, Him (Isa 50:10; 54:8; Hab 2:3; Lu 2:25, 38).

Isaiah 45:15

15. God that hidest thyself—HORSLEY, after JEROME, explains this as the confession of Egypt, &c., that God is concealed in human form in the person of Jesus. Rather, connected with Isa 45:9, 10, the prophet, contemplating the wonderful issue of the seemingly dark counsels of God, implies a censure on those who presume to question God's dealings (Isa 55:8, 9; De 29:29). Faith still discerns, even under the veil, the covenant-keeping "God of Israel, the Saviour" (Isa 8:17).