Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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 50:10; Isaiah 54:8; Habakkuk 2:3; Luke 2:25, Luke 2:38).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 8:17:
Isaiah 7:25
Isaiah 8:18
Isaiah 9:1
Isaiah 45:15
Isaiah 54:8
Isaiah 57:17
Hebrews 2:13
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