Isa 49:4 | JFB | STEP | 4. 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" ( ). Only a hundred twenty disciples met after His personal ministry was ended ( ). yet . . . my judgment . . . with the Lord —Ultimately, God will do justice to My cause, and reward ( Margin for "work," compare ) My labors and sufferings. He was never "discouraged" ( ). He calmly, in spite of seeming ill success for the time, left the result with God, confident of final triumph ( ). So the ministers of Christ ( ).

Isaiah 49:4

4. 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" (Isa 53:1-3; Lu 19:14; Joh 1:11; 7:5). Only a hundred twenty disciples met after His personal ministry was ended (Ac 1:15).

yet . . . my judgment . . . with the Lord—Ultimately, God will do justice to My cause, and reward (Margin for "work," compare Isa 40:10; 62:11) My labors and sufferings. He was never "discouraged" (Isa 42:4; 50:7, 10). He calmly, in spite of seeming ill success for the time, left the result with God, confident of final triumph (Isa 53:10-12; 1Pe 2:23). So the ministers of Christ (1Co 4:1-5; 1Pe 4:19).