Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 50:4-9
I should think it an unnecessary service to point out whom this account refers to. Everything here spoken is so directly descriptive of the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, that it is hardly possible to lose sight of Jesus while reading what is here said. Of whom but Jesus could it ever be said, that he had the tongue of the learned? Who could say to the weary, Come unto me, and ye shall find rest unto your souls? Whose ear was opened, or bored, as Jehovah's servant, that loved his master,... read more
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Isaiah 50:1-3
The Prophet Hosea whose ministry was not many years before that of Isaiah hath made use of the same figure of the married state, to represent the Mediator's union with his people; and here the Prophet Isaiah adopts the same method. It is indeed, a very striking figure, and the Lord Jesus himself seems to delight in it. See Hosea 2:0 ; Jeremiah 3:14-15 ; Matthew 22:2 . It may serve to teach us some sweet and precious things. By the assumption of our nature the Lord Jesus hath shown, that the... read more