Isaiah 50:4

The "Sovereign Lord" (used four times in this passage, Isaiah 50:5; Isaiah 50:7; Isaiah 50:9) had given (appointed) the Servant the ability to speak as a disciple, namely, as one who had learned from intimate association with the Lord what He should say.

"The title [translated Sovereign Lord] indicates the truth that God is the owner of each member of the human family, and that he consequently claims the unrestricted obedience of all." [Note: Robert B. Girdlestone, Synonyms of the Old Testament, p. 34.]

His words were to benefit people (cf. John 3:17); they were not for Him simply to enjoy knowing personally.

". . . the Messiah would speak as one to whom God has taught his true message of comfort for those who are weary of sin." [Note: Archer, p. 645.]

Watts identified this servant as Zerubbabel, the post-exilic leader in Jerusalem who was responsible for rebuilding the temple. [Note: Watts, Isaiah 34-66, p. 201.]

"Nothing indicates a tongue befitting the disciples of God, so much as the gift of administering consolation . . ." [Note: Delitzsch, 2:277.]

The Servant’s words had come to Him through daily, direct interaction with the Lord as an obedient disciple (cf. Genesis 3:8; Mark 1:35; Hebrews 5:8).

"The tongue filled with the appropriate word for ministry is the product of the ear filled with the word of God. . . . The morning by morning appointment is not a special provision or demand related to the perfect Servant but is the standard curriculum for all disciples." [Note: Motyer, p. 399. Cf. Wiersbe, p. 56.]