Courage in Danger
Isaiah 50:7-9
For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint…


Leonidas being told that the Persian archers with whom he had to fight were so numerous that their arrows would darken the sun, said, "So much the better; we shall then fight in the shade."

(R. Macculloch.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: For the Lord GOD will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed.

WEB: For the Lord Yahweh will help me; therefore I have not been confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be disappointed.




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