Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 49:4

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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" ( 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 ( John 7:5- : ). 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 ; 1 Peter 2:23 ). So the ministers of Christ ( 1 Corinthians 4:1-5 ; 1 Peter 4:19 ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-isa-49-001

절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-49-4

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological