Isaías 49:21

21 Y dirás en tu corazón: "¿Quién me ha engendrado éstos? Pues yo había sido privada de mis hijos, y era estéril, desterrada y errante. Y a éstos, ¿quién los ha criado? He aquí, yo había sido dejada sola; y éstos, ¿dónde estaban?"

Isaías 49:21 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 49:21

Then shalt thou say in thine heart
In, a way of admiration, secretly within herself, astonished at the numerous crowds flocking in; who hath begotten me these?
not their natural parents, nor they themselves; for they are not born of blood, nor of the will of man, nor of the will
of the flesh;
nor ministers of the Gospel, though they are instruments, yet not the cause; but God only, Father, Son, and Spirit, to whom regeneration is only ascribed: regeneration is a wonderful work of God; it is unaccountable to the natural man; it is amazing to the saints themselves; and it is matter of astonishment to the church of God; especially when on a sudden, and without means, and in great numbers, men are born again; and particularly when these come from among the Gentiles, which seems to be the case here: seeing I have lost my children;
by captivity and the sword, by the tyranny and cruelty of the man of sin: and am desolate;
or alone, as if without a husband, or any to take care of her: this represents the church in the wilderness, during the reign of antichrist, ( Revelation 12:14 ) , while she seems to be forsaken of the Lord her husband, though she is not: and a captive;
to the Romish antichrist; see ( Revelation 13:10 ) : and removing to and fro;
being forced to flee from place to place, by reason of persecution: there is, no doubt, an allusion in all this to the case of the Jews in the Babylonish captivity: and who hath brought up these?
the same that begot them, even the Lord himself; who nourishes and brings up his children with the milk of the Gospel, and the breasts of Gospel ordinances; so that they are brought up from children to young men, from young men to fathers, till they become perfect men; even the church in the wilderness, with her children, are nourished by him, for a time, and times, and half a time, ( Revelation 12:14 ) which is wonderful: behold, I was left alone;
seemingly without husband or children, in a desolate and wilderness state: these, where had they been?
in the ruins of Adam's fall; in a state of darkness; in the graves of sin; in a pit wherein is no water; in the hands of Satan, and among wicked men; even in Babylon itself, but now called out; see ( Revelation 18:4 ) .

Isaías 49:21 In-Context

19 En cuanto a tus lugares desiertos y desolados y tu tierra arruinada, ahora serás ciertamente demasiado estrecha para los moradores, y tus devoradores estarán muy lejos.

20 Todavía te dirán al oído los hijos de los que fuiste privada: "El lugar es muy estrecho para mí; hazme sitio para que yo more aquí."

21 Y dirás en tu corazón: "¿Quién me ha engendrado éstos? Pues yo había sido privada de mis hijos, y era estéril, desterrada y errante. Y a éstos, ¿quién los ha criado? He aquí, yo había sido dejada sola; y éstos, ¿dónde estaban?"

22 Así dice el Señor DIOS: He aquí, levantaré hacia las naciones mi mano, y hacia los pueblos alzaré mi estandarte; traerán a tus hijos en brazos, y tus hijas a hombros serán llevadas.

23 Reyes serán tus tutores, y sus princesas, tus nodrizas. Rostro en tierra te rendirán homenaje y el polvo de tus pies lamerán. Y sabrás que yo soy el SEÑOR, y que no se avergonzarán los que esperan en mí.