(A)But I said, “I have labored in vain;
    I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity;
yet surely my right is with the Lord,
    and my recompense with my God.”

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But I said, “I have labored in vain;(A)
    I have spent my strength for nothing at all.
Yet what is due me is in the Lord’s hand,(B)
    and my reward(C) is with my God.”(D)

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Say to those who have an anxious heart,
    “Be strong; fear not!
(A)Behold, your God
    will come with vengeance,
with the recompense of God.
    He will come and save you.”

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say(A) to those with fearful hearts,(B)
    “Be strong, do not fear;(C)
your God will come,(D)
    he will come with vengeance;(E)
with divine retribution
    he will come to save(F) you.”

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11 I am afraid (A)I may have labored over you in vain.

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11 I fear for you, that somehow I have wasted my efforts on you.(A)

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15 (A)I will most gladly spend and be spent for your souls. If (B)I love you more, am I to be loved less?

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15 So I will very gladly spend for you everything I have and expend myself as well.(A) If I love you more,(B) will you love me less?

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15 For we are the aroma of Christ to God among (A)those who are being saved and among (B)those who are perishing,

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15 For we are to God the pleasing aroma(A) of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.(B)

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Lament over Jerusalem

37 (A)“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that (B)kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have (C)gathered (D)your children together (E)as a hen gathers her brood (F)under her wings, and (G)you were not willing!

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37 “Jerusalem, Jerusalem, you who kill the prophets and stone those sent to you,(A) how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings,(B) and you were not willing.

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17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and (A)twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? (B)How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.”

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17 “You unbelieving and perverse generation,” Jesus replied, “how long shall I stay with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring the boy here to me.”

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19 (A)But if you warn the wicked, and he does not turn from his wickedness, or from his wicked way, he shall die for his iniquity, (B)but you (C)will have delivered your soul.

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19 But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn(A) from their wickedness(B) or from their evil ways, they will die(C) for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.(D)

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23 (A)They shall not labor in vain
    (B)or bear children for calamity,[a]
for (C)they shall be the offspring of the blessed of the Lord,
    and their descendants with them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 65:23 Or for sudden terror

23 They will not labor in vain,(A)
    nor will they bear children doomed to misfortune;(B)
for they will be a people blessed(C) by the Lord,
    they and their descendants(D) with them.

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11 Behold, the Lord has proclaimed
    to the end of the earth:
(A)Say to the daughter of Zion,
    (B)“Behold, your salvation comes;
behold, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense before him.”

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11 The Lord has made proclamation
    to the ends of the earth:(A)
“Say to Daughter Zion,(B)
    ‘See, your Savior comes!(C)
See, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.’”(D)

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10 Yet (A)it was the will of the Lord to crush him;
    he has put him to grief;[a]
(B)when his soul makes[b] an offering for guilt,
    he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days;
(C)the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see[c] and be satisfied;
by his knowledge shall (D)the righteous one, my servant,
    (E)make many to be accounted righteous,
    (F)and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 (G)Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many,[d]
    (H)and he shall divide the spoil with the strong,[e]
because he poured out his soul to death
    and was numbered with the transgressors;
(I)yet he bore the sin of many,
    and makes intercession for the transgressors.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:10 Or he has made him sick
  2. Isaiah 53:10 Or when you make his soul
  3. Isaiah 53:11 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll he shall see light
  4. Isaiah 53:12 Or with the great
  5. Isaiah 53:12 Or with the numerous

10 Yet it was the Lord’s will(A) to crush(B) him and cause him to suffer,(C)
    and though the Lord makes[a] his life an offering for sin,(D)
he will see his offspring(E) and prolong his days,
    and the will of the Lord will prosper(F) in his hand.
11 After he has suffered,(G)
    he will see the light(H) of life[b] and be satisfied[c];
by his knowledge[d] my righteous servant(I) will justify(J) many,
    and he will bear their iniquities.(K)
12 Therefore I will give him a portion among the great,[e](L)
    and he will divide the spoils(M) with the strong,[f]
because he poured out his life unto death,(N)
    and was numbered with the transgressors.(O)
For he bore(P) the sin of many,(Q)
    and made intercession(R) for the transgressors.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 53:10 Hebrew though you make
  2. Isaiah 53:11 Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text does not have the light of life.
  3. Isaiah 53:11 Or (with Masoretic Text) 11 He will see the fruit of his suffering / and will be satisfied
  4. Isaiah 53:11 Or by knowledge of him
  5. Isaiah 53:12 Or many
  6. Isaiah 53:12 Or numerous

10 (A)Behold, the Lord God comes with might,
    and his arm rules for him;
(B)behold, his reward is with him,
    and his recompense before him.

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10 See, the Sovereign Lord comes(A) with power,(B)
    and he rules(C) with a mighty arm.(D)
See, his reward(E) is with him,
    and his recompense accompanies him.

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looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, (A)who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising (B)the shame, and (C)is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

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fixing our eyes on Jesus,(A) the pioneer(B) and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross,(C) scorning its shame,(D) and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.(E)

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