Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 50:6-7

"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. For the Lord Jehovah will help me; therefore have I not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be put to shame." — Isaiah 50:6-7 (ASV)

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. For the Lord GOD will help me, therefore shall I not be confounded, therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

Even though he had to stoop so low as to endure shame and spitting, he knew that the ultimate result would be glory to God and to himself also. He had no thought of despairing. It had been already written of him, He shall not fail nor be discouraged. He will surely accomplish the work which his Father gave him to do. The next verse is probably the one from which Paul took that grand challenge of his, Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, and so on. He takes out of the mouth of Christ his words of confidence and puts them into the mouth of all Christ's people.