Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 50:6 - 50:6

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Treasury Of Scripture Knowledge - Isaiah 50:6 - 50:6


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gave: Lam 3:30; Mic 5:1; Mat 5:39, Mat 26:67, Mat 27:26; Mar 14:65, Mar 15:19; Luk 22:63-64; Joh 18:22; Heb 12:2

my cheeks: The eastern people always held the beard in great veneration; and to pluck a man's beard is one of the grossest indignities that can be offered. D'Arvieux gives a remarkable instance of an Arab, who, having received a wound in his jaw, chose to hazard his life rather than suffer the surgeon to cut off his beard. See note on 2Sa 10:4.

that plucked: Neh 13:25

I hid: Another instance of the utmost contempt and detestation. Throughout the East it is highly offensive to spit in any one's presence; and if this is such an indignity, how much more spitting in the face?