Isaiah 49:16
Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
In Context
17Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee and make thee waste shall go out of thee.
Cross References
Psalms 48:12Let mount Sion rejoice, and the daughters of Juda be glad; because of thy judgments, O Lord.
Isaiah 26:1In that day shall this canticle be sung the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.
Isaiah 60:18Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders, and salvation shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates.
Jeremiah 22:24As I live, saith the Lord, if Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda were a ring on my right hand, I would pluck him thence.
Revelation 21:10And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he shewed me the holy city Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
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 →