Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to take pity on the child of her womb? But even if she would forget, still I shall never forget you.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Zion said: “The Lord has abandoned me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
16Behold, I have engraved you on my hands. Your walls are always before my eyes.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:29so much so that you will eat the flesh of your sons and your daughters.
1 Samuel 12:22And the Lord will not abandon his people, because of his great name. For the Lord has sworn to make you his people.
2 Kings 6:28“This woman said to me: ‘Give your son, so that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.’
Psalms 103:13You irrigate the mountains from your heights. The earth will be satiated from the fruit of your works,
Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob, O Israel. For you are my servant. I have formed you. You are my servant, Israel. Do not forget me.
Jeremiah 31:20Certainly, Ephraim is an honorable son to me; surely, he is a tender child. For I will still remember him, as in the time when I first spoke about him. Because my heart is stirred up over him, surely I will take pity on him, says the Lord.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 49:14-18
Encouragement to Zion. ( b. c. 706.) 13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted. 14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me. 15 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. 16 Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually… Read the whole commentary →