Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 49:21

21. 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 [illegible: 1+ letters]d they been?

Not without admiration.

Whence, or by whom have I this numberless Issue?

Seeing it is not long since that I was in a manner left childless.

Without an Husband, being forsaken by God, who formerly owned himself for my Husband, Isa. 54. 5. Ier. 31. 32. and elsewhere.

Which condition is in many respects a great [illegible: 1 word] to the pro[illegible: 1+ letters]tion of Children.

The same thing repeated again to express the miraculousness of this work, and the great surprisal of the Iews at it: which sheweth that he speaks of the Conversion of the Gentiles.