Karl,
I have many alternative translations (wild guesses) for Isaiah 50:4 on my site,
but here is just one that I think might make sense.
"My L-rd, the L-rd, has given to me a tongue of learned ones. For the knowledge
to pervert with (alef tav) being tired, a word He will arouse in the morning.
In the morning, He will arouse to me an ear to hear like the learned ones."
This might be meant as a put down of the educated people. Isaiah 5:11 mentions
the people staying up late to get drunk and then waking up early to get drunk
also, which would have made them tired. Isaiah 29:10-14 mentions a spirit of
deep sleep being put on prophets and seers, so they would not understand a
vision. Maybe Isaiah will misunderstand the word from tiredness just like the
learned ones, so he will say it and hear it wrong like the learned ones. I have
some other ideas on my site, but I won't put a link to it because I doubt you
or anyone else will answer me for this idea. Feel free to not answer if you
don't like this idea. I understand perfectly.
Kenneth Greifer
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