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Isaiah 49:15–16

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15“Can a mother forget the baby at her breast

and have no compassion on the childw she has borne?

Though she may forget,

I will not forget you!x

16See, I have engravedy you on the palms of my hands;

your wallsz are ever before me.

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Cross references

  1. wSee 1 Ki 3:26; Isa 66:13
  2. xSee Isa 44:21
  3. ySee Ge 38:18; See Ex 28:9
  4. zPs 48:12–13; Isa 62:6

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“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.

NLTNew Living Translation

“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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

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.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.