Isaiah 49:21

49:21 Then you will think to yourself,

‘Who bore these children for me?

I was bereaved and barren,

dismissed and divorced.

Who raised these children?

Look, I was left all alone;

where did these children come from?’”

Isaiah 51:18

51:18 There was no one to lead her

among all the children she bore;

there was no one to take her by the hand

among all the children she raised.


tn Heb “and you will say in your heart.”

tn Or “exiled and thrust away”; NIV “exiled and rejected.”