Isaiah 50

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:7

For the Lord God will help me - That is, he will sustain me amidst all these expressions of contempt and scorn.Shall I not be confounded - Hebrew, ‘I shall not be ashamed;’ that is, I will bear all this with the assurance of his favor and protection, and I will not blush to be thus treated in a cause so glorious, and which must finally triumph and prevail.Therefore have I set my face like a flint - To harden the face, the brow, the forehead, might be used either in a bad or a good sense - in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:8

He is near that justifieth me - That is, God, who will vindicate my character, and who approves what I do, does not leave nor forsake me, and I can with confidence commit myself and my cause to him (see the note at Isaiah 49:4). The word justify here is not used in the sense in which it is often in the Scriptures, to denote the act by which a sinner is justified before God, but in the proper, judicial sense, that he would declare him to be righteous; he would vindicate his character, and show... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:9

The Lord God will help me - (See Isaiah 50:7). In the Hebrew this is, ‘The Lord Jehovah,’ as it is in Isaiah 50:7 also, and these are among the places where our translators have improperly rendered the word יהוה yehovâh (Jehovah) by the word ‘God.’Who is he that shall condemn me? - If Yahweh is my advocate and friend, my cause must be right. Similar language is used by the apostle Paul: ‘If God be for us, who can be against us?’ Romans 8:31; and in Psalms 118:6 :Jehovah is on my side; I will... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:10

Who is among you that feareth the Lord? - This whole prophecy is concluded with an address made in this verse to the friends of God, and in the next to his enemies. It is the language of the Messiah, calling on the one class to put their trust in Yahweh, and threatening the other with displeasure and wrath. The exhortation in this verse is made in view of what is said in the previous verses. It is the entreaty of the Redeemer to all who love and fear God, and who may be placed in circumstances... read more

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:11

Behold, all ye that kindle a fire - This verse refers to the wicked. In the previous verse, the Messiah had called upon all the pious to put their trust in God, and it is there implied that they would do so. But it would not be so with the wicked. In times of darkness and calamity, instead of trusting in God they would confide in their own resources, and endeavor to kindle a light for themselves in which they might walk. But the result would be, that they would find no comfort, and would... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50

A.M. 3298. B.C. 706. (1,) In the first three verses of this chapter, which seem to be connected with the preceding, God shows the Jews that they are justly charged with bringing all their troubles upon themselves by their sins, and that they were not to be imputed to any unkindness or weakness in God, it being evident that he was both able and willing to help them, if they had been in a fit state to receive his help. (2,) The Messiah relates, that he was appointed and qualified by God... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50:1

Isaiah 50:1. Thus saith the Lord God having, by his prophet, in the last three verses of the preceding chapter, comforted his people with an assurance of their deliverance from the tyrannical power of their enemies, here vindicates his justice in suffering them to be exposed thereto, showing that they were the causes of their own calamities. Where is the bill of your mother’s divorcement? God had espoused the Jewish Church, the mother of the individuals of that people, to himself, in a... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50:2-3

Isaiah 50:2-3. Wherefore, &c. The general accusation, delivered in the last words, he now proves by particular instances: When I came was there no man. How comes it to pass, that, when I sent to you by my servants the prophets, there was no man that regarded my message and offer of grace, and complied with my will? Whereby he implies that the generality of the Jews were guilty of gross infidelity and obstinate disobedience, and therefore might justly be rejected. When I called them... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50:4

Isaiah 50:4. The Lord God hath given me, &c. The second discourse of the fifth part of Isaiah’s prophecies, according to Vitringa, begins here, and is continued to the seventeenth verse of the following chapter. God having, in the preceding paragraph, asserted his own power; to manifest the unreasonableness of the infidelity of the Jews, and that it was without all excuse, he proceeds to show what excellent and powerful means he used to bring them to repentance and salvation. This and... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50:5-6

Isaiah 50:5-6. The Lord hath opened mine ear Hath given me a power and will to hear and receive his commands. And I was not rebellious I readily did and suffered what he required of me. Neither turned away back From hearing or obeying his will, how difficult or dangerous soever the work might be to which he called me. He seems to allude to some of the former prophets, who had shrunk back, and for a time refused such work as God called them to, as Moses, Exodus 3:11; Jonah, chap. 1:3, and... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 50:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50:1

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50:2-3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50:4

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 50:5-6

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