Isaiah 49:4

Then I + 49:4 Moshiach said, I have toiled in vain, 1 I have spent My ko'ach for tohu, and hevel; 1 yet surely My mishpat is with Hashem, 1 and My peulah with Elohai. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.

In Context

3And said unto Me: + 49:3 Moshiach, i.e., the She'erit of the She'erit, the true and worthy Israel and also the King who personifies the People Thou art Avdi, O Yisroel, 1 Thou in Whom I glorify Myself. 1

5And now, saith Hashem: 1 My Yotzer from the beten 1 to be Eved of Him, 1 to bring back Ya'akov to Him, 1 so that Yisroel would be gathered to Him; 1 so shall I + 49:5 Moshiach be honored in the eyes of Hashem, 1 and Elohai shall be My oz (strength). 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:20And your ko'ach shall be spent in vain; for your land shall not yield her increase, neither shall the etz HaAretz yield their pri.

Psalms 22:22Hoshieini from the mouth of the aryeh; 1 for Thou hast heard me from the karnayim of the wild bulls. 1

Isaiah 40:10Hinei, Adonoi Hashem will come with chazak, 1 and His zero'a + 40:10 Moshiach, see Isa 53:1 shall rule for Him; 1 hinei, His sachar (reward) is with Him, 1 and His pe'ullah (work, recompense, retribution, penal reward [for His enemies]) before Him. 1

Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, 1 and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; 1 because he hath poured out his nefesh unto mavet (death); 1 and he was numbered with the transgressors; 1 and he nasah + 53:12 Lv 16:22 (bore) [like the Yom Kippur scapegoat] the sin of many, 1 and made intercession + 53:12 did the work of a mafgi'a, intercessor for the transgressors. + 53:12 See Lk 23:34

Isaiah 65:2I have spread out My yad kol hayom 1 unto an Am Sorer (stubbornly rebellious people), 1 which walketh in a derech lo tov, 1 after their own machshevot (thoughts); 1

Ezekiel 3:19Yet if thou warn the rasha, and he turn not from his resha, nor from his derech harasha'ah, he shall die in his avon; but thou hast saved thy nefesh.

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 →

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