The Christian Under the Hiding of God's Face

therefore, for God "to hide his face," must imply his withholding the tokens of his favour and must be esteemed a mark of his displeasure. Thus Isaiah uses it, "Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear." (1sa. 59:2) And again, "Thou hast hid thy face from us," as not regarding the calamities we suffer, "and hast consumed us because of our iniquities."