Isaiah 39:6

39:6 ‘Look, a time is coming when everything in your palace and the things your ancestors ¹  have accumulated to this day will be carried away to Babylon; nothing will be left,’ says the Lord.

Isaiah 49:4

49:4 But I thought, ²  “I have worked in vain;

I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” ³ 

But the Lord will vindicate me;

my God will reward me. ⁴ 

[39:6]  ¹ tn Heb “fathers” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NIV).

[49:4]  ² tn Or “said” (KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NLT “I replied.”

[49:4]  ³ tn Heb “for nothing and emptiness.” Synonyms are combined to emphasize the common idea.

[49:4]  ⁴ tn Heb “But my justice is with the Lord, and my reward [or “wage”] with my God.”