Isaiah 50:4

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The speaker addresses listeners in a prophetic discourse that follows a description of God’s past judgments and precedes a declaration of unwavering obedience.

The words — לְשׁ֣וֹן (le.Shon) = tongue and לִמּוּדִ֔ים (li.mu.Dim) = disciples/learned.

The thread — The motif of divine provision of speech and auditory receptivity reappears in Luke 21:15, Jeremiah 1:9, and Exodus 4:11.

Why it lands — The text states that the Lord GOD gives the speaker a taught tongue and an awakened ear to sustain the weary, requiring the reader to recognize that effective proclamation depends on divine instruction and daily attentiveness rather than human initiative.

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The Hebrew words

אֲדֹנָ֣י'a.do.Nai[the] Lord יְהֹוִ֗הYah.wehYahweh נָ֤תַןNa.tanhe has givenלִי֙l/ito/ meלְשׁ֣וֹןle.Shona tongue of לִמּוּדִ֔יםli.mu.Dimdisciples לָדַ֛עַתla./Da.'atto/ know לָע֥וּתla./'Utto/ help אֶת־'et-<obj.>יָעֵ֖ףya.'Ef[the] weary דָּבָ֑רda.Vara word יָעִ֣יר׀ya.'Irhe awakens בַּבֹּ֣קֶרba./Bo.kerin the/ morning בַּבֹּ֗קֶרba./Bo.kerin the/ morning יָעִ֥ירya.'Irhe awakensלִי֙l/iof/ meאֹ֔זֶן'O.zenear לִשְׁמֹ֖עַli/sh.Mo.a'to/ hear כַּלִּמּוּדִֽים׃ka./li.mu.Dimlike <the>/ disciples

King James Version

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.

Cross-references

Luke 21:15 For I will give you speech and wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to resist or contradict.
Jeremiah 1:9 Then the LORD reached out His hand, touched my mouth, and said to me: “Behold, I have put My words in your mouth.
Exodus 4:11 And the LORD said to him, “Who gave man his mouth? Or who makes the mute or the deaf, the sighted or the blind? Is it not I, the LORD?
John 7:15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
Proverbs 25:11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.
Proverbs 15:23 A man takes joy in a fitting reply—and how good is a timely word!
Psalms 143:8 Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul.
Psalms 119:147 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word I have put my hope.
Psalms 5:3 In the morning, O LORD, You hear my voice; at daybreak I lay my plea before You and wait in expectation.
Isaiah 57:15 For thus says the One who is high and lifted up, who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: “I dwell in a high and holy place, and with the oppressed and humble in spirit, to restore the spirit of the lowly and revive the heart of the contrite.