The Lord GOD hath opened mine ear, and I was not rebellious, neither turned away back.
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Gill's Exposition
The Lord God hath opened mine ear,.... To hear most freely, and receive most fully, what is said by him, and to observe and do it: the allusion seems to be to the servant that had his ears bored,…
Barnes' Notes
The Lord God hath opened mine ear - This is another expression denoting that he was attentive to the import of the divine commission (see Psa 40:6). And I was not rebellious - I willingly undertook…
Our Lord Jesus, having proved himself able to save, here shows himself as willing as he is able to save, here shows himself as willing as he is able. We suppose the prophet Isaiah to say something of…
Cambridge Bible
hath opened mine ear The phrase used of the imparting of a prophetic communication in 1Sa 9:15 (cf. Psa 40:6, different verbs).
and I was not rebellious &c. a circumstantial clause ("I being not…
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