Isaiah 8:17 - Exposition

I will wait upon the Lord ; rather, I will wait for the Lord ; i.e. "await the time of his relenting" (see Isaiah 30:18 ; Isaiah 64:4 , etc.). That hideth his face from the house of Jacob (compare the threats in Deuteronomy 31:17 ; Deuteronomy 32:20 ). The light of God's countenance is to the spiritual what that of the sun is to the material world. All life, health, joy, happiness, proceed from it. This light was now to be withdrawn for a time on account of the people's sins. But Isaiah would "wait" for its reappearance.