Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
I—Messiah.
in vain—comparatively in the case of the greater number of His own countrymen. "He came unto His own, and His own received Him not" (Isaiah 53:1-3; Luke 19:14; John 1:11; John 7:5). Only a hundred twenty disciples met after His personal ministry was ended (Acts 1:15).
yet . . . my judgment . . . with the Lord—Ultimately, God will do justice to My cause, and reward (Margin for "work," compare Isaiah 40:10; Isaiah 62:11) My labors and sufferings. He was never "discouraged" (Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 50:7, Isaiah 50:10). He calmly, in spite of seeming ill success for the time, left the result with God, confident of final triumph (Isaiah 53:10-12; I Peter 2:23). So the ministers of Christ (I Corinthians 4:1-5; I Peter 4:19).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 49:4:
Ecclesiastes 11:1
Isaiah 42:4
Isaiah 49:1
Isaiah 49:1
Isaiah 49:24
Isaiah 50:8
Isaiah 50:10
Isaiah 53:1
Isaiah 53:11
Isaiah 61:8
Isaiah 65:7
Ezekiel 3:19
Zechariah 11:12
Matthew 16:15
1 Thessalonians 3:5
Hebrews 12:3
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