Isaiah 50:5

and the instruction of the Lord, even the Lord, opens mine ears, and I do not disobey, nor dispute.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4The Lord even God gives me the tongue of instruction, to know when it is fit to speak a word: he has appointed for me early, he has given me an ear to hear:

6I gave my back to scourges, and my cheeks to blows; and I turned not away my face from the shame of spitting:

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Cross References

Psalms 40:6Mine enemies have spoken evil against me, saying, 1 When shall he die, and his name perish? 1

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

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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