King James Version
What Does Isaiah 50:6 Mean?
“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.”
Context
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The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
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The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
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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.
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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.
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He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary ? let him come near to me. mine: Heb. the master of my cause?
Commentary
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary**22. against them--**the family of the king of Babylon.
**name--**all the male representatives, so that the name shall become extinct (Is 56:5; Ru 4:5).
**remnant--**all that is left of them. The dynasty shall cease (Da 5:28-31). Compare as to Babylon in general, Jr 51:62.
Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset, David Brown. Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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