Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 45:15

"Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself, O God of Israel, the Saviour." — Isaiah 45:15 (ASV)

Verily thou art a God that hidest thyself ... — The words have been taken in various ways:

1. as continuing the wondering homage of the nations;
2. as spoken by the prophet as he surveys the unsearchable ways of God .

Through the long years of exile, He had seemed to hide Himself, to be negligent of His people (Isaiah 8:17; Isaiah 54:8; Psalms 55:1) or unable to help them. Now it would be seen that He had all along been as the Strong One (El) working for their deliverance.