Isaiah 49:21

Then you will ask yourself, 'Who has borne these children for me? 1 I was bereaved and barren, exiled and divorced. Who has raised these children? 1 Look, I was left all alone; where did these come from?'” 1

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In The King James Version

Then shalt thou say in thine heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have lost my children, and am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where had they been?

In Context

20The children born during the time of your bereavement will say in your hearing, 1 'The place is too cramped for us, make room for us, so we may live here.' 1

22This is what the Lord Yahweh says, 1 “Look, I will raise my hand to the nations; I will raise my signal flag to the peoples. 1 They will bring your sons in their arms and carry your daughters on their shoulders. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 1:8The daughter of Zion is left like a hut in a vineyard, 1 like a shed in a garden of cucumbers, like a besieged city. 1

Isaiah 5:13Therefore my people have gone into captivity for lack of understanding; 1 their honored leaders go hungry, and their common people have nothing to drink. 1

Isaiah 52:2Shake yourself off from the dust; arise and sit, Jerusalem; 1 take off the chain from your neck, captive, daughter of Zion. 1

Isaiah 60:15Instead of you remaining abandoned and hated, with no one passing through you, 1 I will make you a thing of pride forever, a joy from generation to generation. 1

Isaiah 64:10Your holy cities have become a wilderness; 1 Zion has become a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation. 1

Lamentations 1:1The city that once was full of people is now sitting all alone. 1 She has become like a widow, though she was a mighty nation. 1 She was a princess among the nations, but is now forced into slavery. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:19-24

Encouragement to Zion. ( b. c. 706.) 18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord , thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them on thee, as a bride doeth. 19 For thy waste and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction, shall even now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away. 20 The children which thou shalt have, after thou hast lost… Read the whole commentary →

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