Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 49:4

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.

By way of Objection. Lord, thou saiest thou wilst be glorified by my Ministry; but I find it otherwise.

Without any considerable Fruit of my Word and Works among the Israelites.

My right, the reward which by his Promise, and my Purchase is my right. Iudgment is oft put for that which is just or right, as Exod. 23. 6. Iob 8. 3. and in many other places. And so this Clause agrees with the next; and the Sence of both is this: Though I see no fruit of my Labour among the Iews, and meet with nothing but contempt and reproach, and ill usage from them; yet God sees my fidelity and diligence in my Work, and he will give Judgment for me, and my reward is laid up with and by him, which he will give me in due time.

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