Isaiah 49:4
And I said, 'For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment [is] with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
3And He saith to me, 'My servant Thou art, O Israel, In whom I beautify Myself.'
Cross References
Leviticus 26:20and consumed hath been your strength in vain, and your land doth not give her produce, and the tree of the land doth not give its fruit.
Psalms 22:22I declare Thy name to my brethren, In the midst of the assembly I praise Thee.
Isaiah 40:10Lo, the Lord Jehovah with strength cometh, And His arm is ruling for Him, Lo, His hire [is] with Him, and His wage before Him.
Isaiah 53:12Therefore I give a portion to him among the many, And with the mighty he apportioneth spoil, Because that he exposed to death his soul, And with transgressors he was numbered, And he the sin of many hath borne, And for transgressors he intercedeth.
Isaiah 65:2I have spread out My hands all the day Unto an apostate people, Who are going in the way not good after their own thoughts.
Ezekiel 3:19And thou, because thou hast warned the wicked, and he hath not turned back from his wickedness, and from his wicked way, he in his iniquity dieth, and thou thy soul hast delivered.
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 →