Isaiah 50:4

New English Translation

The sovereign Lord has given me the capacity to be his spokesman, so that I know how to help the weary. He wakes me up every morning; he makes me alert so I can listen attentively as disciples do.

Cross References

Job 4:4

Your words have supported those who stumbled, and you have strengthened the knees that gave way.

Psalm 119:147

I am up before dawn crying for help. I find hope in your word.

Psalm 143:8

May I hear about your loyal love in the morning, for I trust in you. Show me the way I should go, because I long for you.

Psalm 40:7

Then I say, “Look! I come! What is written in the scroll pertains to me.

Psalm 45:2

You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

Psalm 5:3

Lord, in the morning you will hear me; in the morning I will present my case to you and then wait expectantly for an answer.

Psalm 88:13

As for me, I cry out to you, O Lord; in the morning my prayer confronts you.

Proverbs 12:25

Anxiety in a person’s heart weighs him down, but an encouraging word brings him joy.

Proverbs 15:23

A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is!

Proverbs 25:11

Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.

Isaiah 28:19

Whenever it sweeps by, it will overtake you; indeed, every morning it will sweep by, it will come through during the day and the night.” When this announcement is understood, it will cause nothing but terror.

Isaiah 28:9

Who is the Lord trying to teach? To whom is he explaining a message? Those just weaned from milk! Those just taken from their mother’s breast!

Isaiah 35:5

Then blind eyes will open, deaf ears will hear.

Isaiah 40:29

He gives strength to those who are tired; to the ones who lack power, he gives renewed energy.

Isaiah 50:10

Who among you fears the Lord? Who obeys his servant? Whoever walks in deep darkness, without light, should trust in the name of the Lord and rely on his God.

Isaiah 54:13

All your children will be followers of the Lord, and your children will enjoy great prosperity.

Isaiah 8:16

Tie up the scroll as legal evidence, seal the official record of God’s instructions and give it to my followers.

Jeremiah 1:9

Then the Lord reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, “I will most assuredly give you the words you are to speak for me.

Jeremiah 31:25

I will fully satisfy the needs of those who are weary and fully refresh the souls of those who are faint.

Ezekiel 46:13

“‘You will provide a lamb a year old without blemish for a burnt offering daily to the Lord; morning by morning he will provide it.

Matthew 11:28

Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.

Matthew 13:54

Then he came to his hometown and began to teach the people in their synagogue. They were astonished and said, “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?

Matthew 22:46

No one was able to answer him a word, and from that day on no one dared to question him any longer.

Luke 21:15

For I will give you the words along with the wisdom that none of your adversaries will be able to withstand or contradict.

Luke 4:22

All were speaking well of him, and were amazed at the gracious words coming out of his mouth. They said, “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?”

John 7:46

The officers replied, “No one ever spoke like this man!”

Deuteronomy 18:17

The Lord then said to me, “What they have said is good.

Deuteronomy 18:18

I will raise up a prophet like you for them from among their fellow Israelites. I will put my words in his mouth and he will speak to them whatever I command.