Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 54:8

"In overflowing wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting lovingkindness will I have mercy on thee, saith Jehovah thy Redeemer." — Isaiah 54:8 (ASV)

In a little wrath. —The Hebrew has the rhetorical emphasis of rhyme, bĕshetsheph, guetseph, literally, in a gush or burst of wrath, which, however terrible at the time, endured only for a moment.