Isaiah 50:4
The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of the learned, That I might know how to strengthen with my words them that are weary; He wakeneth me every morning, He wakeneth mine ear, That I may hear in the manner of the learned.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
3I clothe the heavens with blackness, And make sackcloth their covering.
5The Lord Jehovah opened mine ear, And I was not disobedient, Neither did I withdraw myself backward.
Cross References
Psalms 5:3In the morning shalt thou hear my voice, O LORD! In the morning will I address my prayer to thee, and look for help.
Psalms 45:2Thou art the fairest of the sons of men; Grace is poured upon thy lips; For God hath blessed thee for ever!
Psalms 143:8Cause me so see thy loving-kindness speedily; For in thee do I trust! Make known to me the way which I should take; For to thee do I lift up my soul!
Proverbs 25:11A word spoken in season Is like apples of gold in figured-work of silver.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 50:2-4
Expostulations with Israel. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Thus saith the Lord , Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities have ye sold yourselves, and for your transgressions is your mother put away. 2 Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the… Read the whole commentary →