Isaiah 50:4-6

Common English Bible

⁴ The Lord God gave me an educated tongue
    to know how to respond to the weary
    with a word that will awaken them in the morning.^[a]
    God awakens my ear in the morning to listen,
    as educated people do.
⁵ The Lord God opened my ear;
    I didn’t rebel; I didn’t turn my back.
⁶ Instead, I gave my body to attackers,
    and my cheeks to beard pluckers.
I didn’t hide my face
    from insults and spitting.