Isaiah 49:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Who hath begotten me these...? — Better, who hath borne ...? The widowed daughter of Zion cannot believe that these crowding children are her own, and asks, Who then is their mother? She, the widowed one, the prisoner, dragged hither and thither, could not claim them.

Isaiah 49:21

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?