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Equipped to Comfort the Weary
Commentators agree this verse describes the Messiah, Jesus Christ. God the Father gave him the 'tongue of the learned'—not for academic debate, but specifically to know how to speak a life-giving word to sustain those who are weary from sin, sorrow, and spiritual struggle. His words bring true rest.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 50:4
18th Century
Theologian
The Lord God has given me - This verse begins a new subject, and the deliverer is directly introduced as speaking himself. The reasons why t…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 50:4
19th Century
Bishop
The Lord God ... —A new section begins in the form of an abruptly introduced soliloquy. As in Isaiah 49:4, the speaker is…
Charles Spurgeon
On Isaiah 50:3–4
19th Century
Preacher
I clothe the heavens with blackness, and I make sackcloth their covering. The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should k…
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John Calvin
On Isaiah 50:4
16th Century
Theologian
The Lord Jehovah. After having twice convicted them of guilt, he adds a consolation in his usual manner; for when the Lord covers us with …
John Gill
On Isaiah 50:4
17th Century
Pastor
The Lord God has given me the tongue of the learned
These are not the words of the prophet, as Aben Ezra, Kimchi, …
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 50:4–9
17th Century
Minister
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 Je…