isaiah-50:8,-isaiah-50:3-niv

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Isaiah 50:8

(8) He is near that justifieth—i.e., declares innocent and righteous. Appealing from the unrighteous judges of the earth, the Servant commits himself to Him who judges righteously (Luke 23:46). With that Judge to declare his innocence, what does he care for the accuser? (Comp. Romans 8:33-34.)Who is mine adversary?—Literally, the master of a law-suit, i.e., the prosecutor. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Isaiah 50:1-11

The One Helper Isaiah 50:7 I found these words when I needed them much in Isaiah, chapter fifty, verse seven: 'The Lord God will help me'. We might write this on a signet ring and stamp with it all the record of our life. There are times when we need just these simple daisy texts, spring-violet texts. They seem to have no cubic depth, and yet when we come to live them there seems to be room in their infinite space for the heavens and the earth. 'The Lord God will help me.' I like the sound of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Isaiah 50:4-11

CHAPTER XIXPROPHET AND MARTYRIsaiah 49:1-9; Isaiah 50:4-11THE second great passage upon the Servant of the Lord is Isaiah 49:1-9, and the third is Isaiah 50:4-11. In both of these the servant himself speaks; in both he speaks as prophet; while in the second he tells us that his prophecy leads him on to martyrdom. The two passages may, therefore, be taken together.Before we examine their contents, let us look for a moment at the way in which they are woven into the rest of the text. As we have... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Isaiah 50:1-11

CHAPTER 50 The Servant Speaks of His Determination and Suffering (Isaiah 50:1-3 belong to the preceding chapter.) 1. The cause of Zion’s present desolation (Isaiah 50:1-3 ) 2. The Servant’s self-witness (Isaiah 50:4 ) 3. His obedience and His suffering (Isaiah 50:5-6 ) 4. His victorious triumph (Isaiah 50:7-9 ) 5. The two classes: Those who fear Him and those who reject Him (Isaiah 50:10-11 ) The Suffering One is speaking. Little comment is needed on this chapter if the reader will... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Isaiah 50:1-11

THE MESSIAH REVEALED The thirty-two chapters deal particularly with the Person and work of the Messiah. Isaiah has sometimes been called the evangelical prophet because of the large space he gives to that subject a circumstance the more notable because of the silence concerning it since Moses. The explanation of this silence is hinted at in the lesson on the introduction to the prophets. In chapter 49, the Messiah speaks of Himself and the failure of His mission in His rejection by His... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Isaiah 50:1-11

A Word to the Weary Isa 50:4 The power of speaking to the weary is nothing less than a divine gift. As we see the divinity in our gifts shall we be careful of them, thankful for them: every gift seems to enshrine the giver, God. But how extraordinary that this power of speaking to the weary should not be taught in the schools. It is not within the ability of man to teach other men how to speak to the weary-hearted, the wounded in spirit, the sore in the innermost feelings of the being. But... read more

Robert Hawker

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 50:4-9

4-9 As Jesus was God and man in one person, we find him sometimes speaking, or spoken of, as the Lord God; at other times, as man and the servant of Jehovah. He was to declare the truths which comfort the broken, contrite heart, those weary of sin, harassed with afflictions. And as the Holy Spirit was upon him, that he might speak as never man spake; so the same Divine influence daily wakened him to pray, to preach the gospel, and to receive and deliver the whole will of the Father. The Father... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Isaiah 50:1-11

The Defection of Israel Atoned for by the Servant of Jehovah. The opening of this chapter continues the picture of the Lord and His Church, represented by Zion, His bride, whom He seeks with the faithfulness of His eternal love. v. 1. Thus saith the Lord, in addressing the Jewish nation in general, all members of which were presumably members also of the Lord's Church, Where is the bill of your mother's divorcement, the reference being to the document which the Jewish Law provided for,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Isaiah 50:1-11

II.—THE SECOND DISCOURSEThe Connection between the Guilt of Israel and the Suffering of the Servant, and the Deliverance from Guilt by Faith in the LatterIsaiah 50:0With reference to Isaiah 49:14 the Prophet inquires: Where is Zion’s writing of divorcement? Zion is not repudiated, but only punished, because when its Lord came it did not receive Him. But that is the connection between the guilt of Israel and the sufferings of the Servant, who willingly takes them on Himself because He is strong... read more