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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Isaiah 8:17

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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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 (Isa 50:10; Isa 54:8; Hab 2:3; Luk 2:25, Luk 2:38).
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