Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I should know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
3I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering.
5The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
Cross References
Exodus 4:11And the LORD said unto him, Who hath made man’s mouth? or who maketh a man dumb, or deaf, or seeing, or blind? is it not I the LORD?
Deuteronomy 18:18I will raise them up a prophet from among their brethren, like unto thee; and I will put my words in his mouth, and he shall speak unto them all that I shall command him.
Psalms 5:3O LORD, in the morning shalt thou hear my voice; in the morning will I order my prayer unto thee, and will keep watch.
Psalms 45:2Thou art fairer than the children of men; grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.
Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in baskets 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 →