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Isa 49:21 — 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 [had] they [been]?

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

seeing		Jer 31:15-17; Rom 11:11-17,24; Gal 3:29; Gal 4:26-29
am desolate		Isa 3:26; Isa 51:17-20; Isa 52:2; Isa 54:3-8; Isa 60:15; Isa 62:4; Isa 64:10; Lam 1:1-3; Mat 24:29,30; Luk 21:24; Rom 11:26-31

Correlating Passages

seeing

	Jer 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.
	Jer 31:16	Thus saith the LORD; Refrain thy voice from weeping, and thine eyes from tears: for thy work shall be rewarded, saith the LORD; and they shall come again from the land of the enemy.
	Jer 31:17	And there is hope in thine end, saith the LORD, that thy children shall come again to their own border.
	Rom 11:11	I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but [rather] through their fall salvation [is come] unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy.
	Rom 11:12	Now if the fall of them [be] the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
	Rom 11:13	For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office:
	Rom 11:14	If by any means I may provoke to emulation [them which are] my flesh, and might save some of them.
	Rom 11:15	For if the casting away of them [be] the reconciling of the world, what [shall] the receiving [of them be], but life from the dead?
	Rom 11:16	For if the firstfruit [be] holy, the lump [is] also [holy]: and if the root [be] holy, so [are] the branches.
	Rom 11:17	And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;
	Rom 11:24	For if thou wert cut out of the olive tree which is wild by nature, and wert graffed contrary to nature into a good olive tree: how much more shall these, which be the natural [branches], be graffed into their own olive tree?
	Gal 3:29	And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise.
	Gal 4:26	But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all.
	Gal 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.
	Gal 4:28	Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise.
	Gal 4:29	But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him [that was born] after the Spirit, even so [it is] now.

am desolate

	Isa 3:26	And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.
	Isa 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.
	Isa 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.
	Isa 51:19	These two [things] are come unto thee; who shall be sorry for thee? desolation, and destruction, and the famine, and the sword: by whom shall I comfort thee?
	Isa 51:20	Thy sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, as a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of thy God.
	Isa 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.
	Isa 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.
	Isa 54:4	Fear not; for thou shalt not be ashamed: neither be thou confounded; for thou shalt not be put to shame: for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth, and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more.
	Isa 54:5	For thy Maker [is] thine husband; the LORD of hosts [is] his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called.
	Isa 54:6	For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit, and a wife of youth, when thou wast refused, saith thy God.
	Isa 54:7	For a small moment have I forsaken thee; but with great mercies will I gather thee.
	Isa 54:8	In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the LORD thy Redeemer.
	Isa 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.
	Isa 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.
	Isa 64:10	Thy holy cities are a wilderness, Zion is a wilderness, Jerusalem a desolation.
	Lam 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!
	Lam 1:2	She weepeth sore in the night, and her tears [are] on her cheeks: among all her lovers she hath none to comfort [her]: all her friends have dealt treacherously with her, they are become her enemies.
	Lam 1:3	Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude: she dwelleth among the heathen, she findeth no rest: all her persecutors overtook her between the straits.
	Mat 24:29	Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:
	Mat 24:30	And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
	Luk 21:24	And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
	Rom 11:26	And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written, There shall come out of Sion the Deliverer, and shall turn away ungodliness from Jacob:
	Rom 11:27	For this [is] my covenant unto them, when I shall take away their sins.
	Rom 11:28	As concerning the gospel, [they are] enemies for your sakes: but as touching the election, [they are] beloved for the fathers' sakes.
	Rom 11:29	For the gifts and calling of God [are] without repentance.
	Rom 11:30	For as ye in times past have not believed God, yet have now obtained mercy through their unbelief:
	Rom 11:31	Even so have these also now not believed, that through your mercy they also may obtain mercy.

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