Isaiah 49:4
But I said: 'I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought and vanity; yet surely my right is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
3And He said unto me: 'Thou art My servant, Israel, in whom I will be glorified.'
Cross References
Leviticus 26:20And your strength shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her produce, neither shall the trees of the land yield their fruit.
Psalms 22:22(22-23) I will declare Thy name unto my brethren; in the midst of the congregation will I praise Thee.
Isaiah 40:10Behold, the Lord GOD will come as a Mighty One, and His arm will rule for Him; behold, His reward is with Him, and His recompense before Him.
Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him a portion among the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the mighty; because he bared his soul unto death, and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah 65:2I have spread out My hands all the day unto a rebellious people, that walk in a way that is not good, after their own thoughts;
Ezekiel 3:19Yet if thou warn the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way, he shall die in his iniquity; but thou hast delivered 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 →