Isaiah 8:17

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…

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…

In these verses we have,

I. The unspeakable privilege which the people of God enjoy in having the oracles of God consigned over to them, and being entrusted with the sacred writings. That they may…

that hideth his face A very common expression for Jehovah's anger: Deu 31:17 f.; Mic 3:4; Jer 33:5; Psa 13:1; Psa 44:24; Job 13:24, &c. The special mark of displeasure which Isaiah has in view is the…