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Isaiah 49:21

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Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children
and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth?
Who has brought these up?
Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’ ”

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Isaiah 49:21 in other translations

Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?

Isaiah 49:21 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 49:21 in context

  1. 19“For, as for your waste and your desolate places,
    and your land that has been destroyed,
    surely now that land will be too small for the inhabitants,
    and those who swallowed you up will be far away.
  2. 20The children of your bereavement will say in your ears,
    ‘This place is too small for me.
    Give me a place to live in.’
  3. 21Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has conceived these for me, since I have been bereaved of my children
    and am alone, an exile, and wandering back and forth?
    Who has brought these up?
    Behold, I was left alone. Where were these?’ ”
  4. 22The Lord Yahweh says, “Behold, I will lift up my hand to the nations,
    and lift up my banner to the peoples.
    They shall bring your sons in their bosom,
    and your daughters shall be carried on their shoulders.
  5. 23Kings shall be your foster fathers,
    and their queens your nursing mothers.
    They will bow down to you with their faces to the earth,
    and lick the dust of your feet.
    Then you will know that I am Yahweh;
    and those who wait for me shall not be disappointed.”