Add parallel Print Page Options

[The [a]Servant of God says] The Lord God has given Me the tongue of a disciple and of one who is taught, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary. He wakens Me morning by morning, He wakens My ear to hear as a disciple [as one who is taught].

The Lord God has opened My ear, and I have not been rebellious or turned backward.

I gave My back to the smiters and My cheeks to those who plucked off the hair; I hid not My face from shame and spitting.(A)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 50:4 See footnote on Isa. 42:1.

The Sovereign Lord(A) has given me a well-instructed tongue,(B)
    to know the word that sustains the weary.(C)
He wakens me morning by morning,(D)
    wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.(E)
The Sovereign Lord(F) has opened my ears;(G)
    I have not been rebellious,(H)
    I have not turned away.
I offered my back to those who beat(I) me,
    my cheeks to those who pulled out my beard;(J)
I did not hide my face
    from mocking and spitting.(K)

Read full chapter