פירוש על ישעיהו 49:4

And I said, I toiled in vain when I saw that I admonish them and they do not obey.

Then I said. Then I, the prophet, said.

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].

I said to myself,

I have laboured in vain. I have troubled myself in vain to rebuke Israel; they do not hearken.

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)