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21 Then you will think to yourself,[a]
‘Who bore these children for me?
I was bereaved and barren,
dismissed and divorced.[b]
Who raised these children?
Look, I was left all alone;
where did these children come from?’”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:21 tn Heb “and you will say in your heart.”
  2. Isaiah 49:21 tn Or “exiled and thrust away”; NIV “exiled and rejected.”

21 Then you will say in your heart,
    ‘Who bore me these?(A)
I was bereaved(B) and barren;
    I was exiled and rejected.(C)
    Who brought these(D) up?
I was left(E) all alone,(F)
    but these—where have they come from?’”

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21 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?

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