Isaiah 49:16

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. 2 Your walls are continually before me. 1

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In The King James Version

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

In Context

15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, 2 that she should not have racham ·compassionate love· on the son of her womb? 1 Yes, these may forget, 2 yet I will not forget you! 1

17Your children hurry. 2 Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 48:12Walk about Zion [Mountain ridge, Marking], and go around her. 2 Number its towers. 1

Isaiah 26:1In that day, this song will be sung in the land of Judah [Praised]: 1 “We have a strong city. 2 God appoints yishu'ah ·salvation· for walls and bulwarks. 1

Isaiah 60:18Violence shall no more be sh'ma ·heard obeyed· in your land, 2 nor desolation or destruction within your borders; 1 but you will call your walls Yishu'ah ·Salvation·, 2 and your gates Tehilah ·Praise song·. 1

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 →

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