Isaiah 57:10

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“You were wearied with the length of your ways; yet you didn’t say, ‘It is in vain.’ You found a reviving of your strength; therefore you weren’t faint.”

— WEB

“Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way; yet saidst thou not, There is no hope: thou hast found the life of thine hand; therefore thou wast not grieved.”

— KJV

“Thou wast wearied with the length of thy way; yet saidst thou not, It is in vain: thou didst find a quickening of thy strength; therefore thou wast not faint.”

— ASV

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Ezekiel 24:12 "She is weary with toil; yet her great rust, rust by fire, doesn’t leave her."
2 Chronicles 28:22-23 "In the time of his distress, he trespassed yet more against Yahweh, this same king Ahaz."
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Habakkuk 2:13 "Behold, isn’t it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?"

Commentary

greatness of . . . way--the length of thy journey in seeking strange gods, or else foreign aid (Jer 2:23-24). Notwithstanding thy deriving no good from these long journeys (so, "send . . . far off," Isa 57:9), thou dost not still give up hope (Jer 2:25; Jer 18:12). hast found . . . life of . . . hand--for "thou still findest life (that is, vigor) enough in thy hand" to make new idols [MAURER], or to seek new alliance ("hand" being then taken for strength in general). grieved--rather, "therefore thou art not weak" [MAURER]; inasmuch as having "life in thy hand," thou art still strong in hope.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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