Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 49:21

"Then shalt thou say in thy heart, Who hath begotten me these, seeing I have been bereaved of my children, and am solitary, an exile, and wandering to and fro? and who hath brought up these? Behold, I was left alone; these, where were they?" — Isaiah 49:21 (ASV)

Who hath begotten me these ... ?—Better, who has borne ... ? The widowed daughter of Zion cannot believe that these crowding children are her own, and asks, Who then is their mother? She, the widowed one, the prisoner, dragged here and there, could not claim them.