words, which thou shalt beget. Isaiah is intent upon strengthening the thought that there is a close connection between these descendants and the king himself. They are his very own, begotten of him. Thus there would come into fulfillment the words of the promise, “Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand” (Deut. 28:32). Not of their own volition do these descendants