Isaiah 49:21
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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?Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
In other translations
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?Then you will say in your heart, ‘Who has begotten these for me? I was bereaved and barren; I was exiled and rejected. So who has reared them? Look, I was left all alone, so where did they come from?’”
Hebrew words
וְאָמַרְתְּve'amartand you will sayH559בִּלְבָבֵךְbilvavekhin heart yourH3824מִיmiwho?H4310יָלַד־yalad-did he fatherH3205לִיlifor meאֶת־'et-<obj.>H853אֵלֶּה'elehthese [children]H428וַאֲנִיva'aniand IH589שְׁכוּלָהshekhulah[was] bereavedH7909וְגַלְמוּדָהvegalmudahand barrenH1565גֹּלָה׀golahgone into exileH1540וְסוּרָהvesurahand thrust awayH5493וְאֵלֶּהve'elehand these [children]H428מִיmiwho?H4310גִדֵּלgideldid he bring upH1431הֵןhenhere!H2005אֲנִי'aniIH589נִשְׁאַרְתִּיnish'artiI remainedH7604לְבַדִּיlevadito alone meH905אֵלֶּה'elehthese [children]H428אֵיפֹה'eifohwhere?H375הֵם׃ פhem[are] theyH1992
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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