warriors or captives rescued from the fierce?" Well it may be. But I’m going to do it definitely says the Lord; I’m going to rescue you. Then chapter 40 it asks: has God forgiven you; has God forsaken you? "Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away. When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to ransom you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea; I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. I clothed the sky with darkness and make sackcloth its cover." Now, when any of you said the new chapter should begin with chapter fifty, verse 4 rather than beginning where it does, I was pleased, because you then saw the progress of the outline, that it is a discussion from verse 14 of chapter 49, which should be the beginning of the chapter, and it is answered in the following three sections. So he deals with Zion’s questions, assuring them of the continuance of God’s love and how completely they can trust him. Then all of a sudden, with verse 4, you get something quite different. Chapter 50, verse 4, certainly begins a new section. "The sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue." The “tongue of the learner,” I believe is in the King James, which is certainly well expressed by the NIV as "an instructed tongue." "He has given me one to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back" (verses 4 and 5). Are those two verses Isaiah himself assuring the people of how truly he has presented the word of God? Are they Isaiah, boasting of his fine ministry and his loyalty to God? Or are they the Servant again speaking, giving assurance that Jesus Christ will give his marvelous messages. People said of Jesus how does this man know so much? He’s not educated. We find that in the gospel records. Jesus didn’t speak like the scribes
warriors or captives rescued from the fierce?" Well it may be. But I’m going to do it definitely says the Lord; I’m going to rescue you. Then chapter 40 it asks: has God forgiven you; has God forsaken you? "Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce? Or to which of my creditors did I sell you? Because of your sins you were sold; because of your transgressions your mother was sent away. When I came, why was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Was my arm too short to ransom you? By a mere rebuke I dry up the sea; I turn rivers into a desert; their fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst. I clothed the sky with darkness and make sackcloth its cover." Now, when any of you said the new chapter should begin with chapter fifty, verse 4 rather than beginning where it does, I was pleased, because you then saw the progress of the outline, that it is a discussion from verse 14 of chapter 49, which should be the beginning of the chapter, and it is answered in the following three sections. So he deals with Zion’s questions, assuring them of the continuance of God’s love and how completely they can trust him. Then all of a sudden, with verse 4, you get something quite different. Chapter 50, verse 4, certainly begins a new section. "The sovereign Lord has given me an instructed tongue." The “tongue of the learner,” I believe is in the King James, which is certainly well expressed by the NIV as "an instructed tongue." "He has given me one to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning wakens my ear to listen like one being taught. The Sovereign Lord has opened my ears and I have not been rebellious; I have not drawn back" (verses 4 and 5). Are those two verses Isaiah himself assuring the people of how truly he has presented the word of God? Are they Isaiah, boasting of his fine ministry and his loyalty to God? Or are they the Servant again speaking, giving assurance that Jesus Christ will give his marvelous messages. People said of Jesus how does this man know so much? He’s not educated. We find that in the gospel records. Jesus didn’t speak like the scribes