“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?”
The celebration in Zion's voice—'Then you will say in your heart, "Who has borne me these? I was bereaved and barren, exiled and put away—so who has reared these? I was left all alone—where then have these come from?"'—imagines Zion's amazement at the crowds of returning exiles. The rhetorical questions express astonishment at restoration that seems impossible given past loss. The accumulation of descriptions (bereaved, barren, exiled, put away, alone) emphasizes the totality of former desolation. This verse captures the overwhelming joy of unexpected restoration.
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