Isaiah 50:5

Lord LORD has opened my ear, and I was not rebellious, nor turned away backward.

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.

In Context

4Lord LORD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him who is weary. He awakens morning by morning. He awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.

6I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to those who plucked off the hair. I did not hide my face from shame and spitting.

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Cross References

Psalms 40:6Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, but a body thou have prepared for me (LXX/NT). Whole burnt-offering and sacrifice for sin thou did not require.

Isaiah 35:5Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped.

Matthew 26:39And having gone forward a little, he fell on his face praying, and saying, My Father, if it be possible, may this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not as I want, but as thou.

John 14:31but that the world may know that I love the Father. And as the Father commanded me, thus I do. Arise, let us go from here.

Acts 26:19Whereupon, king Agrippa, I did not become disobedient to the heavenly vision,

Hebrews 5:8although being a Son, he learned obedience from the things that he suffered.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 50:5-10

Work and Sufferings of the Messiah. ( b. c. 706.) 4 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. 5 The Lord God hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. 6 I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. 7 For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I… Read the whole commentary →

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