Isaiah 49:21

Context

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?’”

Isaiah 59:21

Context

59:21 “As for me, this is my promise to³ 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.

[49:21] ¹tn Heb “and you will say in your heart.”

[49:21] ²tn Or “exiled and thrust away”; NIV “exiled and rejected.”

[59:21] ³tn Or “my covenant with” (so many English versions); NCV “my agreement with.”

[59:21] ⁴tn Heb “from now and on into the future.”