Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Sion said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
16Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:29So that you shall eat the flesh of your sons and of your daughters.
1 Samuel 12:22And the Lord will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because the Lord hath sworn to make you his people.
2 Kings 6:28This woman said to me: Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow.
Psalms 103:13As a father hath compassion on his children, so hath the Lord compassion on them that fear him:
Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob, and Israel, for thou art my servant. I have formed thee, thou art my servant, O Israel, forget me not.
Jeremiah 31:20Surely Ephraim is an honourable son to me, surely he is a tender child: for since I spoke of him, I will still remember him. Therefore are my bowels troubled for him: pitying I will pity him, saith 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 →