Isaiah 49:21
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 49
“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?”Isaiah 49:21
What Does Isaiah 49:21 Mean?
Isaiah 49:21 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 49, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Adoption.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 49:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 21:6“And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.”Isaiah 51:18“There is none to guide her among all the sons whom she hath brought forth; neither is there any that taketh her by the hand of all the sons that she hath brought up.”Psalms 45:16“Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children, whom thou mayest make princes in all the earth.”Isaiah 60:8“Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows?”Galatians 4:27“For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband.”Deuteronomy 7:17“If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?”Ruth 1:5“And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.”Isaiah 1:8“And the daughter of Zion is left as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge in a garden of cucumbers, as a besieged city.”Isaiah 3:26“And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.”Isaiah 5:13“Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.”Isaiah 51:17“Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; thou hast drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.”Isaiah 52:2“Shake thyself from the dust; arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem: loose thyself from the bands of thy neck, O captive daughter of Zion.”Isaiah 54:3“For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left; and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.”Isaiah 60:15“Whereas thou hast been forsaken and hated, so that no man went through thee, I will make thee an eternal excellency, a joy of many generations.”Isaiah 62:4“Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken; neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate: but thou shalt be called Hephzibah, and thy land Beulah: for the LORD delighteth in thee, and thy land shall be married.”Isaiah 64:10“Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.”Jeremiah 31:15“Thus saith the LORD; A voice was heard in Ramah, lamentation, and bitter weeping; Rahel weeping for her children refused to be comforted for her children, because they were not.”Lamentations 1:1“How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! how is she become as a widow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!”Ezekiel 37:26“Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.”Micah 4:7“And I will make her that halted a remnant, and her that was cast far off a strong nation: and the LORD shall reign over them in mount Zion from henceforth, even for ever.”
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