Isaiah 49:14–16

But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,

the Lord has forgotten me.”

“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast

and have no compassion on the child she has borne?

Though she may forget,

I will not forget you!

See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;

your walls are ever before me.

Zion says, “The Lord has abandoned me;

the Lord has forgotten me!”

“Can a woman forget her nursing child,

or lack compassion for the child of her womb?

Even if these forget,

yet I will not forget you.

Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands;

your walls are continually before me.

Yet Jerusalem says, “The Lord has deserted us;

the Lord has forgotten us.”

“Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child?

Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?

But even if that were possible,

I would not forget you!

See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands.

Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.

But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me,

and the Lord has forgotten me!”

Can a woman forget her suckling,

refrain from having compassion on the child of her womb?

Indeed, these may forget,

but I, I will not forget you!

Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands;

your walls are continually before me.

But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me,

And my Lord hath forgotten me.

Can a woman forget her sucking child,

That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?

Yea, they may forget,

Yet will I not forget thee.

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands;

Thy walls are continually before me.