Isaiah 49:21

49:21 Then you will think to yourself, ¹ 

‘Who bore these children for me?

I was bereaved and barren,

dismissed and divorced. ² 

Who raised these children?

Look, I was left all alone;

where did these children come from?’”

Matthew 22:25-27

22:25 Now there were seven brothers among us. The first one married and died, and since he had no children he left his wife to his brother. 22:26 The second did the same, and the third, down to the seventh. 22:27 Last ³  of all, the woman died.

Luke 7:12

7:12 As he approached the town gate, a man ⁴  who had died was being carried out, ⁵  the only son of his mother (who ⁶  was a widow ⁷ ), and a large crowd from the town ⁸  was with her.

¹ tn Heb “and you will say in your heart.”

² tn Or “exiled and thrust away”; NIV “exiled and rejected.”

³ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

⁴ tn Grk “behold.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

⁵ tn That is, carried out for burial. This was a funeral procession.

⁶ tn Grk “and she.” The clause introduced by καί (kai) has been translated as a relative clause for the sake of English style.

⁷ sn The description of the woman as a widow would mean that she was now socially alone and without protection in 1st century Jewish culture.

⁸ tn Or “city.”