Isaiah 50

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 50:6

I gave my back to the smiters ,.... To Pontius Pilate, and those he ordered to scourge him, Matthew 27:26 . and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair ; of the beard; which, is painful, so a great indignity and affront. The Septuagint renders it, "and my cheeks to blows"; εις ραπισματα , a word used by the evangelists when they speak of Christ being smitten and stricken with the palms of men's hands, and seem to refer to this passage, Mark 14:65 , I hid not my face from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 50:7

For the Lord God will help me ,.... As he promised he would, and did, Psalm 89:21 , which is no contradiction to the deity of Christ, nor any suggestion of weakness in him; for he is the true God, and has all divine perfections in him; is equal to his Father in power, as well as in glory, and therefore equal to the work of redemption, as his other works show him to be; but this is to be understood of him as man, and expresses his strong faith and confidence in God, and in his promises as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 50:8

He is near that justifieth me ,.... His Father was "near" him in his whole state of humiliation; he left him not alone; he was at his right hand, and therefore he was not moved; and "justified" him from all the calumnies of his enemies, or the false charges they brought against him, and from all the sins of his people that were upon him; these he took upon him, and bore them, and made satisfaction for them, upon which he was acquitted; and which is evident by his resurrection from the dead,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 50:9

Behold, the Lord God will help me ,.... This is repeated from Isa 50:7; see Gill on Isaiah 50:7 ; to show the certainty of it, the strength of his faith in it, and to discourage his enemies: who is he that shall condemn me ? make me out a wicked person F3 מי הוא ירשיעני "quis ipse impium faciet me", Pagninus, Montanus; "impium vel praevaricatorem et iniquum faciet me", Vatablus. , prove me guilty, and pass sentence upon me, when thus acquitted and justified by the Lord God?... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 50:10

Who is among you that feareth the Lord ?.... Not with a slavish fear of the awful majesty of God, or of his tremendous judgments, or of wrath to come, but with a filial fear, a fear of the Lord, and his goodness, which is an internal principle in the heart, a reverential affection for God, a godly fear of him; is attended with faith in him, and joy of him; which makes holy, and keeps humble, and takes in the whole worship of God: of men of this character there are but few, and especially... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire ,.... To enlighten and warm yourselves; who, rejecting Christ the Light of the world, and despising the glorious light of his Gospel, and loving darkness rather than light, set up the light of nature and reason as the rule of faith and practice; or the traditions and doctrines of men to be guided by; or their own righteousness for their justification before God, and acceptance with him: that compass yourselves about with sparks , that fly out of the fire... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 50

In this chapter God vindicates his dealings unth his people, whose alienation is owing to themselves, Isaiah 50:1 . And, by allusion to the temporal deliverances connected with the drying up of the Red Sea and the Euphrates, asserts his power to save, Isaiah 50:2 , Isaiah 50:3 ; namely, by the obedience and sufferings of the Messiah, Isaiah 50:4-6 ; who was at length to prove victorious over all his enemies, Isaiah 50:7-9 . The two last verses exhort to faith and trust in God in the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 50:1

Thus saith the Lord - This chapter has been understood of the prophet himself; but it certainly speaks more clearly about Jesus of Nazareth than of Isaiah, the son of Amos. Where is the bill "Where is this bill" - Husbands, through moroseness or levity of temper, often sent bills of divorcement to their wives on slight occasions, as they were permitted to do by the law of Moses, Deuteronomy 24:1 . And fathers, being oppressed with debt, often sold their children, which they might do... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 50:2

Their fish stinketh "Their fish is dried up" - For תבאש tibaosh , stinketh, read תיבש tibash , is dried up; so it stands in the Bodl. MS., and it is confirmed by the Septuagint, ξηρανθησονται , they shall be dried up. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 50:5

Neither turned away back "Neither did I withdraw myself backward" - Eleven MSS. and the oldest edition prefix the conjunction ו vau ; and so also the Septuagint and Syriac. read more

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