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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.

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See also Isaiah 8:17 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND I WILL WAIT UPON THE LORD - This is the commencement of a new subject. The prophet had closed his former message; but had seen that in regard to the great mass of the nation, his exhortation had b...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 8 Jehovah's Word Through Isaiah and the Assyrian Announced 1. _The divine instruction and Maher-shalal-hash-baz (Isaiah 8:1)_ 2. _The Assyrian to come (Isaiah 8:5)_ 3. _The answer of faith (I...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    MORE EXTRACTS ON THE CRISIS FROM ISAIAH'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY. It is not clear how many bits of the autobiography are included here, but the section for the most part probably deals with the coalition of Sy...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    WAIT. Reference to Pentateuch (Genesis 49:18). THE HOUSE OF JACOB. See note on Isaiah 2:5. AND. WILL LOOK, &C. See Hebrews 2:13....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND I WILL WAIT, &C.— These words belong to the Messiah. The Messiah here answers God the Father, that he perfectly acquiesces in his counsel, waiting with confidence reposed in him for the completion...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE PEDAGOGY Isaiah 8:16-22 TEXT: Isaiah 8:16-22 16 Bind thou up the testimony, seal the law among my disciples. 17 And I will wait for Jehovah, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. AND - i:e., Accordingly. This is the believing response of Isaiah to the encouragement of God...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1. TAKE, etc.] read 'Take thee a great tablet, and write upon it with the pen of a man, Maher-shalal-hash-baz.' A MAN'S PEN] i.e. such as a common man would use for writing in large characters that al...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 8 ISAIAH’S SON WILL BE A SIGN TO THE PEOPLE V1 The *Lord sen...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND I WILL WAIT UPON THE LORD, THAT HIDETH HIS FACE... — The words come in somewhat abruptly, but not to the extent that justifies the assumption of some critics that a verse has been lost. The prophe...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ חִכִּ֨יתִי֙ לַ יהוָ֔ה הַ מַּסְתִּ֥יר פָּנָ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER VI KING AND MESSIAH; PEOPLE AND CHURCH 735-732 B.C. Isaiah 7:8, 9:Isaiah 7:1 THIS section of the book of Isaiah (Chapter s 7-9:7) consists of a number of separate prophecies uttered during...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    FEAR GOD'S POWER, NOT MAN'S Isaiah 8:5-18 It seems likely that Syria and Samaria attacked Ahaz because he would not join in a federation against the growing power of Assyria. A strong party seems to...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    In this section we have the account of how the prophet turns from his more public ministry to devote himself to a small circle of believing souls. This departure was signalized by his writing on a tab...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Jacob. Having resolved on their ruin. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    It should seem that this is the prophet's own testimony and his own resolution, in the calamitous times coming upon the church. In the prospect of the coming Saviour, under all apparently frowning pro...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    17._Therefore I will wait for the Lord. _(132) I have chosen to render the particle ו (_vau_) by _therefore_; for the Prophet recovers himself, after having received from the Lord the consolation whic...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9:1-7. But this requires further development; and it is given in a remarkable manner in the next prophecy, comprised in Chapter s 7, 8, 9 to the end...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND I WILL WAIT UPON THE LORD,.... Or "for the Lord" x; for the coming of Christ, the Immanuel, who would be a sanctuary to some, and a stone of stumbling to others, and whose doctrine in the meanwhil...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And I will wait upon the LORD, that hideth his face from the house of Jacob, and I will look for him. Ver. 17. _And I will wait upon the Lord._] I will patiently and peaceably submit to his holy will...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _And_ Or _yet_, as the same particle is translated, Jeremiah 2:32; Jeremiah 2:35, and elsewhere; _I will wait on the Lord_ Notwithstanding this dreadful prophecy, concerning the unbelief and rejection...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And I will wait upon the Lord, so Immanuel or the prophet calls out in cheerful confidence, THAT HIDETH HIS FACE FROM THE HOUSE OF JACOB, by rejecting the great mass of unbelievers among the people, A...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    WARNING AGAINST FALSE TESTIMONY...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    17-22 The prophet foresaw that the Lord would hide his face; but he would look for his return in favour to them again. Though not miraculous signs, the children's names were memorials from God, suite...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    AND, or, as this particle is rendered JEREMIAH 2:32,35, and elsewhere, yet, notwithstanding this dreadful prophecy concerning the unbelief and rejection of Israel, I WILL WAIT UPON THE LORD; I will re...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 8:17 wait H2442 (H8765) LORD H3068 hides H5641 (H8688) face H6440 house H1004 Jacob H3290 hope...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    MEANWHILE ISAIAH AND HIS FOLLOWERS ARE NOT TO ALIGN THEMSELVES WITH ANY POLITICAL PARTY. ALL ARE HEADING FOR DISASTER. RATHER HE MUST SEAL THE TESTIMONY OF YAHWEH (ISAIAH 8:11). In the light of this f...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Isaiah 8:17 I. "I will wait upon the Lord." At all times we are to be like servants who are standing in the presence of their master, and who are ready, the very moment He shall give His orders, to go...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Predictions of the Syrian invasion and of the desolations of Judah and Israel. CHARACTERS: God, Israel, Uriah, Zechariah, Maher, Shalal-hash-baz, Rezin, sons of Remaliah. CONCLUSION: If a n...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 8:1. _Take thee a great roll._ Lowth reads, a large mirror. The Chaldaic has _scripturam claram,_ a fair writing, which might be on a polished plate; but the Versions read as the English. Isaia...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _And I will wait upon the Lord_ WAITING UPON THE LORD In the practice of this becoming resolution, Jehovah is the object of-- 1. Intense desire. 2. Diligent attention. 3. Earnest expectation. 4...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 8:16 The difference between the remnant (vv. Isaiah 8:16) and the hardened nation (vv. Isaiah 8:19)

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    WAITING ON THE LORD IN DESERTION AND GLOOM Isaiah 8:17. _And I will wait upon the Lord, &c._ I. THE CHARACTERISTIC APPELLATION OF JEHOVAH. “The God who hideth Himself” [866] [866] For details and s...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    THE DUTY OF TEACHERS OF TRUTH IN TIMES OF NATIONAL PERVERSION Isaiah 8:16 In Hebrews 2:13 the commencement of Isaiah 8:18 is quoted as an utterance of the Messiah. This opens up questions concerning...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 8:1 THE SIGN OF MAHER-SHALAL-HASH-BAZ. The sign of Immanuel was recondite. In its more spiritual sense it appealed to faith in an event far distant. Even in its literal import, it w...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So in chapter 8 he continues in this prediction of the Assyrian invasion. Moreover the LORD said unto me, Take thee a great roll, and write in it with a man's pen concerning Mahershalalhashbaz (Isaia...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Thessalonians 1:10; 2 Thessalonians 3:5; Deuteronomy 31:17; Deuteronomy 31:18;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Yet — Yet, notwithstanding this dreadful prophecy concerning the rejection of Israel. Wait — I will cast my care upon him, and expect the accomplishment of his promise, in sending the Messiah, and in...

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