Isaiah 49:4
But I had indeed said, For no purpose have I labored, for naught and vanity have I spent my strength; yet surely my cause is with the Lord, and the recompense of my work with my God.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
3And said unto me, My servant art thou, O Israel, thou on whom I will be glorified.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:20And in vain shall your strength be spent; for your land shall not yield her products, and the tree of the land shall not yield its fruit.
Psalms 22:22(22:23) I will relate thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.
Isaiah 40:10Behold, the Lord Eternal will come with might, and his arm ruleth for him: behold, his reward is with him, and his recompense before him.
Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the many, and with the strong shall he divide the spoil; because he poured out his soul unto death, and with transgressors was he numbered: while he bore the sin of many, and for the transgressors he let [evil] befall him.
Isaiah 65:2I spread out my hands all the time unto a rebellious people, that walk in the way which is not good, after their own thoughts;
Ezekiel 3:19But thou,—if thou hast warned the wicked, and he turn not from his wickedness, nor from his wicked way: he shall indeed die in his iniquity; but thou hast surely 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 →