Isaiah 50:4-11 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary… In vers. 4-9 the servant is again introduced, speaking of Himself and His work, as in Isaiah 49:1-6. He describes — 1. The close, intimate, and continuous communion with God through which He has learned the ministry of comfort by the Divine word, and His own complete self-surrender to the voice that guides Him (vers. 4, 5). 2. His acceptance of the persecution and obloquy which He had to encounter in the discharge of His commission (ver. 6). 3. His unwavering confidence in the help of Jehovah, and the victory of His righteous cause, and the discomfiture of all His enemies (vers. 7-9). Vers. 10, 11 are an appendix to the preceding description, drawing lessons for the encouragement of believers (ver, 10) or the warning of unbelievers (ver. 11). Although the word "Servant" never occurs in this passage, its resemblance to the three other "Servant-passages" makes it certain that the speaker is none other than the ideal character who comes before us in Isaiah 42:1-4; Isaiah 49:1-6, and Isaiah 52:13; 53:15. The passage, indeed, forms an almost indispensable link of connection between the first two and the last of these. (Prof. J. Skinner, D.D.) Parallel Verses KJV: The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned. |
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