Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 50:5-6

"The Lord Jehovah hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away backward. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair; I hid not my face from shame and spitting." — Isaiah 50:5-6 (ASV)

The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting.

That same Divine One was, in due time, veiled in human flesh; and then, he, who covered the heavens with blackness, gave his back to the smiters, and his cheeks to them that plucked off the hair.

Oh, wondrous condescension of our glorious Lord! I want you again to notice the contrast in this chapter; let me read two verses one after another, I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. I gave my back to the smiters, and my cheeks to them that plucked off the hair: I hid not my face from shame and spitting. I think anything I might say would only detract from the marvellous force of contrast which these words reveal between the Godhead and the humanity of Christ.