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?’”
59:21 “As for me, this is my promise to 3 them,” says the Lord. “My spirit, who is upon you, and my words, which I have placed in your mouth, will not depart from your mouth or from the mouths of your children and descendants from this time forward,” 4 says the Lord.
1 tn Heb “and you will say in your heart.”
2 tn Or “exiled and thrust away”; NIV “exiled and rejected.”
3 tn Or “my covenant with” (so many English versions); NCV “my agreement with.”
4 tn Heb “from now and on into the future.”