Yǐsaìyàshū 49:21

21 Nàshí nǐ xīnli bì shuō , wǒ jì sāng zǐ dú jū , shì beìlǔ de , piǎo liú zaì waì , shuí gĕi wǒ shēng zhèxie , shuí jiāng zhèxie yǎng dà ne . piĕ xià wǒ yī rén dú jū de shíhou , zhèxie zaì nàli ne .

Yǐsaìyàshū 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 ) .

Yǐsaìyàshū 49:21 In-Context

19 Zhìyú nǐ huāng feì qī liáng zhī chù , bìng nǐ beì huǐhuaì zhī dì , xiànjīn zhòng mín jūzhù bì xiǎn wèi taì zhǎi . tūn miè nǐde bì lí nǐ yáo yuǎn .

20 Nǐ bì tīngjian sāng zǐ zhī hòu suǒ shēng de érnǚ shuō , zhè dìfang wǒ jūzhù taì zhǎi , qiú nǐ gĕi wǒ dìfang jūzhù .

21 Nàshí nǐ xīnli bì shuō , wǒ jì sāng zǐ dú jū , shì beìlǔ de , piǎo liú zaì waì , shuí gĕi wǒ shēng zhèxie , shuí jiāng zhèxie yǎng dà ne . piĕ xià wǒ yī rén dú jū de shíhou , zhèxie zaì nàli ne .

22 Zhǔ Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , wǒ bì xiàng liè guó jǔ shǒu , xiàng wàn mín shù lì dà qí , tāmen bìjiāng nǐde zhòng zǐ huái zhōng bào lái , jiāng nǐde zhòng nǚ jiān shang káng lái .

23 Liè wáng bì zuò nǐde yǎng fù , wáng hòu bì zuò nǐde rǔmǔ . tāmen bìjiāng liǎn fú dì , xiàng nǐ xià baì , bìng tiǎn nǐ jiǎo shang de chéntǔ . nǐ biàn zhīdào wǒ shì Yēhéhuá , dĕnghòu wǒde bì bù zhì xiūkuì .