Isaiah 8:17

that hideth his face A very common expression for Jehovah's anger: Deuteronomy 31:17 f.; Micah 3:4; Jeremiah 33:5; Psalms 13:1; Psalms 44:24; Job 13:24, &c. The special mark of displeasure which Isaiah has in view is the cessation of those admonitions and warnings which Jehovah had sent through him to the people.

will look for him Better: will hope in Him. The counsel which the nation and the king rejected becomes the rule of the prophet's own life.