Isaiah 50:4-9

I should think it an unnecessary service to point out whom this account refers to. Everything here spoken is so directly descriptive of the person of the Lord Jesus Christ, that it is hardly possible to lose sight of Jesus while reading what is here said. Of whom but Jesus could it ever be said, that he had the tongue of the learned? Who could say to the weary, Come unto me, and ye shall find rest unto your souls? Whose ear was opened, or bored, as Jehovah's servant, that loved his master, loved his wife and children, and therefore would not go out free? Of whom but Jesus could this have ever been said, to the full extent? Psalms 40:6, compared with Exodus 21:5. Who but Jesus gave his back to the smiters, and hid not his face from shame and spitting? And Reader, do not overlook as interesting a part as any, in this representation of Jesus; namely, that it was the Lord God Jehovah, who appointed thy Surety, to all this. Oh! what strength doth faith derive from the view, when, in the sufferings of Christ, we trace the hand of Jehovah appointing to all! It was this which crowned the whole, that Christ glorified not himself to be made an high priest: and in all he bore and suffered, it was the Lord who laid on him the iniquities of us all, Hebrews 5:5; Isaiah 53:6. Therefore how sure was Christ's dependence for support from the Father, to carry him through the work; and how sure is our dependence and confidence in him, for justification, as the Lord our righteousness!