Yesaya 45:13

45:13 It is me – I stir him up and commission him; ¹ 

I will make all his ways level.

He will rebuild my city;

he will send my exiled people home,

but not for a price or a bribe,”

says the Lord who commands armies.

Yesaya 49:21

49:21 Then you will think to yourself, ² 

‘Who bore these children for me?

I was bereaved and barren,

dismissed and divorced. ³ 

Who raised these children?

Look, I was left all alone;

where did these children come from?’”

[45:13]  ¹ tn Heb “I stir him up in righteousness”; NASB “I have aroused him.” See the note at 41:2. Cyrus (cf. 44:28) is in view here.

[49:21]  ² tn Heb “and you will say in your heart.”

[49:21]  ³ tn Or “exiled and thrust away”; NIV “exiled and rejected.”