Isaiah 49:4
And I said, “I labored in vain, || I consumed my power for emptiness and vanity, || But my judgment [is] with YHWH, || And my wage with my God.”
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
3And He says to me, “You are My servant, O Israel, || In whom I beautify Myself.”
Cross References
Leviticus 26:20and your strength has been consumed in vain, and your land does not give her produce, and the tree of the land does not give its fruit.
Psalms 22:22I declare Your Name to My brothers, || In the midst of the assembly I praise You.
Isaiah 40:10Behold, Lord YHWH comes with strength, || And His arm is ruling for Him, || Behold, His hire [is] with Him, and His wage before Him.
Isaiah 53:12Therefore I give a portion to Him among the many, || And He apportions spoil with the mighty, || Because that He exposed His soul to death, || And He was numbered with transgressors, || And He has borne the sin of many, || And He intercedes for transgressors.
Isaiah 65:2I have spread out My hands all the day || To an apostate people, || Who are going in the way [that is] not good, || After their own thoughts.
Ezekiel 3:19And you, because you have warned the wicked, and he has not turned back from his wickedness, and from his wicked way, he dies in his iniquity, and you have delivered your 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 →