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Isaiah 49:14–18

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14pBut Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me,

And my Lord hath forgotten me.

15Can a woman forget her sucking child,

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

Yea, rthey may forget,

sYet will I not forget thee.

16Behold, tI have graven thee upon the palms of my hands;

Thy walls are continually before me.

17Thy children shall make haste;

uThy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

18vLift up thine eyes round about, and behold:

vAll these gather themselves together, and come to thee.

wAs I live, saith the Lord, xthou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament,

And xxbind them on thee, yas a bride doeth.

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Footnotes

  1. pComp. ch. 40:27. & 54:6. & 62:4. Mal. 3:17. Matt. 7:11.
  2. †Heb. From having compassion.
  3. qSo Prov. 31:2.
  4. rComp. Ps. 27:10.
  5. sComp. Ps. 77:9.
  6. tSee Cant. 8:6. Comp. Ex. 13:9. Ps. 10:14? Rev. 13:16.
  7. uSo ver. 19.
  8. vch. 60:4 (Heb.).
  9. vch. 60:4 (Heb.).
  10. xSo Jer. 43:12.
  11. xxSee ch. 3:20.
  12. ych. 61:10.

Cross references

  1. wNum. 14:21. Jer. 22:24. Ezek. 5:11. & 14:16, 18, 20. & 16:48. & 17:16, 19. & 18:3. & 20:3, 33. & 33:11, 27. & 34:8. & 35:6, 11. Zeph. 2:9. 2 Esdr. 2:14. Rom. 14:11.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me;

my Lord has forgotten me.”

“Can a woman forget her nursing child,

that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?

Even these may forget,

yet I will not forget you.

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

your walls are continually before me.

Your builders make haste;

your destroyers and those who laid you waste go out from you.

Lift up your eyes around and see;

they all gather, they come to you.

As I live, declares the Lord,

you shall put them all on as an ornament;

you shall bind them on as a bride does.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

Your children hasten back,

and those who laid you waste depart from you.

Lift up your eyes and look around;

all your children gather and come to you.

As surely as I live,” declares the Lord,

“you will wear them all as ornaments;

you will put them on, like a bride.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

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.

Your builders hurry;

those who destroy and devastate you will leave you.

Look up, and look around.

They all gather together; they come to you.

As I live”—

this is the Lord’s declaration—

“you will wear all your children as jewelry,

and put them on as a bride does.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

Soon your descendants will come back,

and all who are trying to destroy you will go away.

Look around you and see,

for all your children will come back to you.

As surely as I live,” says the Lord,

“they will be like jewels or bridal ornaments for you to display.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

Your children hasten;

your destroyers and those who laid you waste depart from you.

Lift your eyes up all around and see;

all of them gather; they come to you.

As surely as I live,

declares Yahweh,

surely you shall put on all of them like an ornament,

and you shall bind them on like a bride.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press