Isaiah 49:15
“Does a woman forget her suckling, || The loved one—the son of her womb? Indeed, these forget—but I do not forget you.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
In Context
14And Zion says, “YHWH has forsaken me, || And my Lord has forgotten me.”
16Behold, I have carved you on the palms of the hand, || Your walls [are] continually before Me.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:29And you have eaten [the] flesh of your sons; and you eat [the] flesh of your daughters.
1 Samuel 12:22for YHWH does not leave His people, on account of His great Name; for YHWH has been pleased to make you for a people to Him.
2 Kings 6:28And the king says to her, “What is [troubling] you?” And she says, “This woman said to me, Give your son, and we eat him today, and we eat my son tomorrow;
Psalms 103:13As a father has mercy on sons, || YHWH has mercy on those fearing Him.
Isaiah 44:21“Remember these, O Jacob, and Israel, || For you [are] My servant, || I formed you, you [are] a servant to Me, || O Israel, you do not forget Me.
Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim a precious son to Me? A child of delights? For since My speaking against him, || I still thoroughly remember him, || Therefore My bowels have been moved for him, || I love him greatly,” || A declaration of YHWH.
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 →