Isaiah 57:10

New International Reader's Version

You wore yourself out with all your efforts. But you would not say, ‘It’s hopeless.’ You received new strength. So you did not give up.

Cross References

Isaiah 47:13

All the advice you have received has only worn you out! Let those who study the heavens come forward. They claim to know what is going to happen by watching the stars every month. So let them save you from the trouble that is coming on you.

Jeremiah 18:12

But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue to do what we’ve already planned. All of us will do what our stubborn and evil hearts want us to do.’ ”

Jeremiah 2:25

Do not run after other gods until your sandals are worn out and your throat is dry. But you said, ‘It’s no use! I love those gods. I must go after them.’

Jeremiah 2:36

Why do you keep on changing your ways so much? Assyria did not help you. And Egypt will not help you either.

Jeremiah 3:3

So I have held back the showers. I have kept the spring rains from falling. But you still have the bold face of a prostitute. You refuse to blush with shame.

Jeremiah 5:3

Lord, don’t your eyes look for truth? You struck down your people. But they didn’t feel any pain. You crushed them. But they refused to be corrected. They made their faces harder than stone. They refused to turn away from their sins.

Jeremiah 9:5

One friend cheats another. No one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues how to lie. They wear themselves out sinning.

Ezekiel 24:12

But it can’t be cleaned up. Its thick scum has not been removed. Even fire can’t burn it off.

Habakkuk 2:13

I am the Lord who rules over all. Human effort is no better than wood that feeds a fire. So the nations wear themselves out for nothing.

Romans 7:9

Before I knew about the law, I was alive. But then the commandment came. Sin came to life, and I died.