Kommentar zu Jeschijahu 49:4
וַאֲנִ֤י אָמַ֙רְתִּי֙ לְרִ֣יק יָגַ֔עְתִּי לְתֹ֥הוּ וְהֶ֖בֶל כֹּחִ֣י כִלֵּ֑יתִי אָכֵן֙ מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה וּפְעֻלָּתִ֖י אֶת־אֱלֹהָֽי׃
Ich [der Prophet] hatte geglaubt: Für nichts habe ich mich bemüht, für Leeres und Eitles habe ich meine Kraft verzehrt. Aber mein Recht ist bei dem Herrn, und mein Lohn bei meinem Gotte.
Rashi on Isaiah
And I said, I toiled in vain when I saw that I admonish them and they do not obey.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
Then I said. Then I, the prophet, said.
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Rashi on Isaiah
Yet surely my right is with the Lord He knows that it is not from me but from them [i.e., He knows that their failure to obey is not due to my laziness, but to their obstinacy].
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
I said to myself,
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
I have laboured in vain. I have troubled myself in vain to rebuke Israel; they do not hearken.
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Ibn Ezra on Isaiah
My judgment is with God. He will reward me for my trouble. ופעלתי And my wages.4A. V., And my work. Comp. שביר פעלת the wages of one that is hired (Lev. 19:13)
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