Isaiah 49:4

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Isaiah 49:4

But I myself said: I have labored in vain,
I have spent my strength for nothing and futility;
yet my vindication is with the Lord,
and my reward is with my God.

Isaiah 53:10-12

Yet the Lord was pleased to crush Him severely.
When You make Him a restitution offering,
He will see His seed, He will prolong His days,
and by His hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

Isaiah 65:23

They will not labor without success
or bear children destined for disaster,
for they will be a people blessed by the Lord
along with their descendants.

Leviticus 26:20

and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

Psalm 22:22-31

I will proclaim Your name to my brothers;
I will praise You in the congregation.

Isaiah 35:4

Say to the cowardly:
“Be strong; do not fear!
Here is your God; vengeance is coming.
God’s retribution is coming; He will save you.”

Isaiah 40:10

See, the Lord God comes with strength,
and His power establishes His rule.
His reward is with Him,
and His gifts accompany Him.

Isaiah 62:11

Look, the Lord has proclaimed
to the ends of the earth,
“Say to Daughter Zion:
Look, your salvation is coming,
His reward is with Him,
and His gifts accompany Him.”

Isaiah 65:2

I spread out My hands all day long
to a rebellious people
who walk in the wrong path,
following their own thoughts.

Ezekiel 3:19

But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

Matthew 17:17

Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”

“Jerusalem, Jerusalem! She who kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to her. How often I wanted to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, yet you were not willing!

Luke 24:26

Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?”

John 1:11

He came to His own,
and His own people did not receive Him.

John 17:4-5

I have glorified You on the earth
by completing the work You gave Me to do.

Romans 10:21

But to Israel he says: All day long I have spread out My hands to a disobedient and defiant people.

2 Corinthians 2:15

For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

2 Corinthians 12:15

I will most gladly spend and be spent for you. If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

Galatians 4:11

I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.

Philippians 2:9-10

For this reason God highly exalted Him
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,

Hebrews 12:2

keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

Isaiah 49:4

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.

I have laboured

Galatians 4:11

Spent

Leviticus 26:20

2 Corinthians 12:15

Yet

Hebrews 12:2

Work

Isaiah 40:10

Isaiah 62:11

General references

Proverbs 8:1

1 Corinthians 15:14

Bible References

I have laboured

I spread out My hands all day long
to a rebellious people
who walk in the wrong path,
following their own thoughts.

But if you warn a wicked person and he does not turn from his wickedness or his wicked way, he will die for his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.

Jesus replied, “You unbelieving and rebellious generation! How long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”

He came to His own,
and His own people did not receive Him.

But to Israel he says: All day long I have spread out My hands to a disobedient and defiant people.

I am fearful for you, that perhaps my labor for you has been wasted.

Spent

and your strength will be used up for nothing. Your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.

I will most gladly spend and be spent for you.

If I love you more, am I to be loved less?

Yet

Yet the Lord was pleased to crush Him severely.

When You make Him a restitution offering,
He will see His seed, He will prolong His days,
and by His hand, the Lord’s pleasure will be accomplished.

I will proclaim Your name to my brothers;
I will praise You in the congregation.

Didn’t the Messiah have to suffer these things and enter into His glory?”

I have glorified You on the earth
by completing the work You gave Me to do.

For to God we are the fragrance of Christ among those who are being saved and among those who are perishing.

For this reason God highly exalted Him
and gave Him the name
that is above every name,

keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.

Work

See, the Lord God comes with strength,
and His power establishes His rule.
His reward is with Him,
and His gifts accompany Him.

Look, the Lord has proclaimed
to the ends of the earth,
“Say to Daughter Zion:
Look, your salvation is coming,
His reward is with Him,
and His gifts accompany Him.”

General references

Doesn’t Wisdom call out?
Doesn’t Understanding make her voice heard?

and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is without foundation, and so is your faith.