The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear. I was not rebellious. I have not turned back.
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The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear. I was not rebellious. I have not turned back.
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The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
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The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward.
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Passages linked to Isaiah 50:5 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- John 14:31 But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let’s go from here.
- Hebrews 5:8 though he was a Son, yet learned obedience by the things which he suffered.
- Isaiah 35:5 Then the eyes of the blind will be opened, and the ears of the deaf will be unstopped.
- Philippians 2:8 And being found in human form, he humbled himself, becoming obedient to the point of death, yes, the death of the cross.
- John 8:29 He who sent me is with me. The Father hasn’t left me alone, for I always do the things that are pleasing to him.”
- Isaiah 48:8 Yes, you didn’t hear. Yes, you didn’t know. Yes, from of old your ear was not opened, for I knew that you dealt very treacherously, and were called a transgressor from the womb.
- Matthew 26:39 He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”
- John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father’s commandments, and remain in his love.
- Psalms 40:6-8 Sacrifice and offering you didn’t desire. You have opened my ears. You have not required burnt offering and sin offering. Then I said, “Behold, I have come. It is written about me in the book in the scroll. I delight to do your will, my God. Yes, your law is within my heart.”
- Acts 26:19 “Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision,
- Hebrews 10:5-9 Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, “You didn’t desire sacrifice and offering, but you prepared a body for me. You had no pleasure in whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come (in the scroll of the book it is written of me) to do your will, O God.’ ” Previously saying, “Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn’t desire, neither had pleasure in them” (those which are offered according to the law), then he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Isa 50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear,…
Isa 50:5 The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
Ver. 5. The Lord God hath opened mine ear.] Removing all lets, and making the bore bigger, as it were, thereby speaking home to my heart, and making me morigerous and obedient, against all affronts and misusages. For here our Saviour setteth forth his active obedience, as in the next verse his passive.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Hath opened mine ear; hath revealed unto me; or…
Hath opened mine ear; hath revealed unto me; or rather, hath given me a power and will to hear and receive his commands, as this phrase is used, Psa 40:6; Isa 35:5, and elsewhere.
I was not rebellious; I readily did and suffered what he required of me.
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Neither turned away back: the same thing repeated in other words. I did not turn away mine ear from hearing any of God’s commands, nor my feet from gong where God sent me, how difficult or dangerous soever my employment was. He seems to allude to the former prophets, who had, divers of them, shrunk back, and for a time refused such work as God called them to, as Moses, Exo 3:11,13; Jon 1:8, and others.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain The Lord God hath opened mine ear,.... To hear…
The Lord God hath opened mine ear,.... To hear most freely, and receive most fully, what is said by him, and to observe and do it: the allusion seems to be to the servant that had his ears bored, being willing to serve his master for ever, Exo 21:5 which phrase of boring or opening the ear is used of Christ, Psa 40:6. It is expressive of his voluntary obedience, as Mediator, to his divine Father, engaging in, and performing with the greatest readiness and cheerfulness, the great work of man's redemption and salvation.
And I was not rebellious; not to his earthly parents, to whom he was subject; nor to civil magistrates, to whom he paid tribute; nor to God, he always did the things that pleased him: he was obedient to the precepts of the moral law, and to the penalty of it, death itself, and readily submitted to the will of God in suffering for his people; which obedience of his was entirely free and voluntary, full, complete, and perfect, done in the room and stead of his people; is the measure of their righteousness, and by which they become righteous; is well pleasing to God, and infinitely preferable to the obedience of men and angels:
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neither turned away back; he did not decline the work proposed to him, but readily engaged in it; he never stopped in it, or desisted from it, until he had finished it; he did not hesitate about it, as Moses and Jeremy; or flee from it, as Jonah.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 5. Neither turned away back - "Neither did…
Verse 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.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Isa 50:5-6. The Lord hath opened mine ear —…
Isa 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, Exo 3:11; Jonah, chap. 1:3, and others. I gave my back to the smiters — I patiently yielded up myself to the will of those who smote me: I was willing, not only to do, but to suffer the will of God, and the injuries of men: and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair — Which was a contumely or punishment sometimes inflicted on malefactors, Neh 13:25. I hid not my face from shame — From any manner of reproachful usage, but did knowingly and willingly submit myself thereunto; and spitting — Spitting in a man’s face was used in token of contempt and detestation. All these things were literally fulfilled in Christ, as is expressly affirmed in the gospels; but we read of no such things concerning Isaiah, and therefore it is most safe and reasonable to understand this passage of Christ, and the rather, because it is not usual with the prophets to commend themselves so highly as the prophet here commends the person of whom he speaks.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The Lord God hath opened mine ear - This…
The Lord God hath opened mine ear - This is another expression denoting that he was attentive to the import of the divine commission (see Psa 40:6).
And I was not rebellious - I willingly undertook the task of communicating the divine will to mankind. The statement here is in accordance with all that is said of the Messiah, that he was willing to come and do the will of God, and that whatever trials the work involved he was prepared to meet them (see Psa 40:6-8; compare Heb 10:4-10).
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain opened . . . ear--(See on Isa 42:20; Isa…
opened . . . ear--(See on Isa 42:20; Isa 48:8); that is, hath made me obediently attentive (but MAURER, "hath informed me of my duty"), as a servant to his master (compare Psa 40:6-8, with Phi 2:7; Isa 42:1; Isa 49:3, Isa 49:6; Isa 52:13; Isa 53:11; Mat 20:28; Luk 22:27).
not rebellious--but, on the contrary, most willing to do the Father's will in proclaiming and procuring salvation for man, at the cost of His own sufferings (Heb 10:5-10).
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 5. hath opened mine ear] The phrase used of…
5. hath opened mine ear] The phrase used of the imparting of a prophetic communication in 1Sa_9:15 (cf. Psa_40:6, different verbs).
and I was not rebellious &c.] a circumstantial clause (“I being not rebellious” &c.). Comp. Jon_1:3 and Jer_20:9. The character and history of Jeremiah seem to have contributed many traits to the portrait of the “Servant of Jehovah.”
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (5, 6) The Lord God.—Jehovah Adonai, as before. The…
(5, 6) The Lord God.—Jehovah Adonai, as before. The Servant continues his soliloquy. What has come to him in the morning communings with God is, as in the next verse, that he too is to bear reproach and shame, as other disciples had done before him. The writer of Psa_22:7, the much-enduring Job (Job_30:10), the prophet Jeremiah (Jer_20:7), were but foreshadowings of the sufferings that should fall on him. And all this the true Servant-Scholar accepts willingly. because it is his Father’s will. Here again we cannot fail to trace the influence of Isaiah’s words in all our Lord’s utterances as to His passion. (Comp. Mat_16:21; Mar_10:34; Luk_18:32.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The Lord hath opened mine ear. Some understand this…
The Lord hath opened mine ear. Some understand this of the boring of the ear for perpetual service; (Psa_40:6 Exo_21:6) but it is perhaps better to regard it as intended to mark a contrast between the true Servant and the professed servants, or children of Israel. They "did not hear; their ear was not opened; they were treacherous and rebellious from the womb". (Isa_48:8) His ear was opened to receive God"s word perpetually; he was not rebellious, did not turn away back. Even when most tried, his final word was, "Not my will, but thine, be done". (Luk_22:42)
Vers. 5-10. Signs of faithful service.
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Whether this is intended to point to the Person and work of the Messiah, or to that of some living prophet, it treats of the faithful servant of God; it is applicable to any one among us "that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant" (ver. 10). We find here marks of fidelity in holy service.
I COMING INTO THE SHADOW OF PERSECUTION. In doing this the faithful one:
1. Follows in the train of the noblest men of ancient time. (Mat_5:12)
2. Treads in the footsteps of the Divine Master. (Mat_16:24, 25 10:22-25)
3. Takes the necessary consequence of his faithfulness. For the man who fearlessly speaks the truth, and unwaveringly follows the example of Christ, must come into conflict with the error and the evil which is in the world. He must
(1) teach that against which the pride of human intellect will rebel; (Mar_10:15 1Co_1:23 1Co_2:14 1Co_3:18)
(2) say and do things which reflect upon the habits of men;
(3) take up positions which militate against the temporal interests of men. (Act_19:25) It is still true, though the provocation and the resentment take different forms in our time, that "all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution". (2Ti_3:12)
II RESOLUTELY PERSISTING IN THE PATH OF FAITHFULNESS. Not "turning away back; setting our face like a flint immovably determined to go on in the direction in which truth is pointing, to which God is calling. "None of these things neither bonds nor afflictions move me," is the language of Christian fidelity. (see Act_20:24 Php_1:20)
III FINDING REFUGE IN GOD. "The Lord God will help me; and I know that I shall not be ashamed" (ver. 7); "He is near that justifieth me" (ver. 8). Let him that obeyeth and walketh in darkness trust in the Name of the Lord, and stay upon his God upon his near presence, upon his parental pity, upon his upholding grace, upon his overruling, victorious power, which will make truth and righteousness to triumph in the end. C.
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Alexander MacLaren 1905 · Public Domain
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THE SERVANT’S OBEDIENCE
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Isa 50:5.
I. The secret of Christ’s life, filial obedience.
The fact is attested by Scripture. By His own words: ‘My meat is to do the will of My Father’; ‘For thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness’; ‘I came down from heaven not to do My own will.’ By His servant’s words: ‘Obedient unto death’; ‘Made under the law’; ‘He learned obedience by the things which He suffered.’ It is involved in the belief of His righteous manhood. It is essential to true manhood. The highest ideal for humanity is conscious dependence on God, and the very definition of righteousness is conscious conformity to the Will of God. If Christ had done the noblest acts and yet had not always had this sense of being a servant, He would not have been pure and holy.
It is not inconsistent with His true Divinity. We stand afar off, but we can see this much.
The completeness of that obedience. It was continuous and it was entire.
The living heart of it: ‘I delight to do Thy Will.’ The Father’s Will was not a force without, but Christ’s whole being was conformed to it, and it was shrined within His heart and had become His choice and delight.
The expressions of His obedience were His perfect fulfilment of the divine commands, and His perfect endurance of the divine appointments.
Thus God’s Will was the keynote, to which Christ’s will struck the full chord.
II. The yet deeper mysteries which that perfect obedience discloses.
1. A sinless human life must be more than human. The contrast with all which we have known-the impossibility of retaining belief in the perfect obedience of Jesus unless we have underlying it the belief in His divinity. ‘There is none good but one, that is God.’
2. The sinless human life suffers not for itself but for us. The combination of holiness and sorrow leads on to the mystery of atonement. The sinlessness is indispensable to the doctrine of His sacrificial death.
III. The glorious gifts which flow from that perfect obedience.
1. It gives us a living law to obey.
2. It gives us a transforming power to receive.
3. It gives us a perfect righteousness to trust to.
This perfect obedience may be ours. Being ours, our lives will be strong, free, peaceful.
That obedience becomes ours by faith, which leads to love, and love to the glad obedience of sons.
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The servant of Yahweh continues speaking.
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The Lord Yahweh has opened my ear
Yahweh enabling his servant to hear and understand is spoken of as if Yahweh opened his ear. AT: "The Lord Yahweh has enabled me to hear and understand him" (See: Metaphor)
I was not rebellious, nor did I turn away backward
These two phrases mean basically the same thing. Disobeying what Yahweh said is spoken of as if it were turning one's back toward him. This can be stated in positive terms. AT: "I obeyed what he said" (See: Parallelism and Metaphor)
I gave my back to those who beat me, and my cheeks to those who plucked out my beard
Allowing people to beat him and pluck out his beard is spoken of as if it were giving his back and cheeks to them. AT: "I allowed people to beat me on my back and to pluck out my beard from my cheeks" (See: Metaphor)
I did not hide my face from acts of shame and spitting
Hiding one's face means to protect oneself. AT: "I did not defend myself when they mocked me and spat on me" (See: Synecdoche)
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