Isaiah 50:6
I offered my back for people to beat me and my cheeks for people to pull my beard. I didn't hide my face from their mocking and spitting.
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5The Lord God has instructed me, and I haven't been rebellious and I haven't turned away.
Cross References
Nehemiah 13:25So I confronted them and told them they were cursed. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. Then I made them take an oath before God, saying, “You must not allow your daughters to marry their sons, or allow your sons—or yourselves— to marry their daughters.
Psalms 69:8I have become a foreigner to my brother Israelites; a stranger to my very own brothers.
Isaiah 53:5But he was wounded because of our rebellious acts, he was crushed because of our guilt. He experienced the discipline that brings us peace, and his wounds heal us.
Lamentations 3:30They should turn a cheek to someone who wants to slap them; they should take the insults of others.
Matthew 5:39But I tell you, don't resist someone who is evil. If someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other cheek to them as well.
Matthew 27:26Then he released Barabbas to them, but he had Jesus flogged and sent to be crucified.
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 →