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

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

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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 “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 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 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 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 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 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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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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Therefore God exalted him(A) to the highest place
    and gave him the name that is above every name,(B)
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,(C)
    in heaven and on earth and under the earth,(D)

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21 But concerning Israel he says,

“All day long I have held out my hands
    to a disobedient and obstinate people.”[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Romans 10:21 Isaiah 65:2

I have brought you glory(A) on earth by finishing the work you gave me to do.(B) And now, Father, glorify me(C) in your presence with the glory I had with you(D) before the world began.(E)

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11 He came to that which was his own, but his own did not receive him.(A)

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26 Did not the Messiah have to suffer these things and then enter his glory?”(A)

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All day long I have held out my hands
    to an obstinate people,(A)
who walk in ways not good,
    pursuing their own imaginations(B)

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22 I will declare your name to my people;
    in the assembly(A) I will praise you.(B)
23 You who fear the Lord, praise him!(C)
    All you descendants of Jacob, honor him!(D)
    Revere him,(E) all you descendants of Israel!
24 For he has not despised(F) or scorned
    the suffering of the afflicted one;(G)
he has not hidden his face(H) from him
    but has listened to his cry for help.(I)

25 From you comes the theme of my praise in the great assembly;(J)
    before those who fear you[a] I will fulfill my vows.(K)
26 The poor will eat(L) and be satisfied;
    those who seek the Lord will praise him—(M)
    may your hearts live forever!

27 All the ends of the earth(N)
    will remember and turn to the Lord,
and all the families of the nations
    will bow down before him,(O)
28 for dominion belongs to the Lord(P)
    and he rules over the nations.

29 All the rich(Q) of the earth will feast and worship;(R)
    all who go down to the dust(S) will kneel before him—
    those who cannot keep themselves alive.(T)
30 Posterity(U) will serve him;
    future generations(V) will be told about the Lord.
31 They will proclaim his righteousness,(W)
    declaring to a people yet unborn:(X)
    He has done it!(Y)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 22:25 Hebrew him

20 Your strength will be spent in vain,(A) because your soil will not yield its crops, nor will the trees of your land yield their fruit.(B)

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