in vain I # 23_ISA_45_19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth_ I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain_ I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. ## I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right. in vain I # 23_ISA_49_04 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain_ [yet] surely my judgment [is] with the LORD, and my work with my God. ## Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: [yet] surely my judgment [is] with the LORD, and my work with my God.