Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he discovered the covering—rather, "the veil of Judah shall be taken off" [HORSLEY]: figuratively for, exposing to shame as a captive (Isaiah 47:3; Nahum 3:5). Sennacherib dismantled all "the defensed cities of Judah" (Isaiah 36:1).
thou didst look—rather, "thou shalt look."
house of . . . forest—The house of armory built of cedar from the forest of Lebanon by Solomon, on a slope of Zion called Ophel (I Kings 7:2; I Kings 10:17; Nehemiah 3:19). Isaiah says (Isaiah 22:8-13) his countrymen will look to their own strength to defend themselves, while others of them will drown their sorrows as to their country in feasting, but none will look to Jehovah.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 22:8:
Isaiah 21:17
Isaiah 22:1
Isaiah 22:8
Isaiah 22:11
Isaiah 28:12
Isaiah 47:2
Hosea 8:14
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