Isaiah 49:15
Really? Can a mother forget her nursing baby? Can she forget to be kind to the child she carried in her womb? Even if she could forget, I will never forget you!
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In Context
14But Zion said, “The Lord has given up on me; the Lord has forgotten about me.”
16Look at your names I've written on the palms of my hands! I'm always thinking about your walls.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:29You will eat the bodies of your own sons and daughters.
1 Samuel 12:22The fact is because of the kind of person the Lord is, he won't give up on his people, because he was happy to claim you as his own.
2 Kings 6:28But then he asked her, “What's the problem?” “This woman told me, ‘Give up your son and we'll eat him today, and tomorrow we'll eat my son,’” she answered.
Psalms 103:13Like a loving father, the Lord is kind and compassionate to those who follow him.
Isaiah 44:21“Remember all this, Jacob and Israel, for you are my servant. I made you, Israel, you are my servant. I won't forget you.
Jeremiah 31:20But isn't Ephraim still my precious son, my lovely child? Even though I often have to scold him, I can't forget him. So I'm torn inside with longing, wanting to show how much I care about him! declares 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 →