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Isaiah 50:7

Isaiah 50:7
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For the Lord God will help me,.... As he promised he would, and did, Psa 89:21, which is no contradiction to the deity of Christ, nor any suggestion of weakness in him; for he is the true God, and has…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

For the Lord God will help me - That is, he will sustain me amidst all these expressions of contempt and scorn. Shall I not be confounded - Hebrew, ‘I shall not be ashamed;’ that is, I will bear all…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 50:4-9

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

The verse is better rendered thus: But the Lord Jehovah helps me, therefore I was not ashamed (i.e. felt no shame); therefore I made my face like flint (figure for determination, cf. Eze 3:9), and…