Isaiah 49:4
Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have given my strength for vanity and for nothing: therefore is my judgment with the Lord, and my labour before my God.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
3and said to me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, and in thee I will be glorified.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:20And your strength shall be in vain; and your land shall not yield its seed, and the tree of your field shall not yield its fruit.
Isaiah 40:10Behold the Lord! The Lord is coming with strength, and his arm is with power: behold, his reward is with him, and his work before him.
Isaiah 53:12Therefore he shall inherit many, and he shall divide the spoils of the mighty; because his soul was delivered to death: and + 53:12 Mark 15. 28. he was numbered among the transgressors; and he bore the sins of many, and was delivered because of their iniquities.
Isaiah 65:2I have stretched forth my hands all day to a disobedient and gainsaying people, to them that walked in a way that was not good, but after their sins.
Ezekiel 3:19But if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, and from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, and thou shalt deliver thy soul.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:2-7
Encouragement to the Gentiles. ( b. c. 706.) 1 Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The Lord hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. 2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; 3 And said unto me, Thou art my servant, O Israel, in whom I will be glorified. 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and… Read the whole commentary →