Isaiah 49:15
“Can a woman forget her baby, nursing at her breast, so she does not have compassion on the son she has borne? 1 Yes, they may forget, but I will not forget you. 1
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In Context
14But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.” 1
16Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; your walls are continually before me. 1
Cross References
Leviticus 26:29You will eat the flesh of your sons; you will eat the flesh of your daughters.
1 Samuel 12:22For the sake of his great name, Yahweh will not reject his people, because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people for himself.
2 Kings 6:28The king continued, “What is troubling you?” She answered, “This woman said to me, 'Give your son so that we may eat him today, and we will eat my son tomorrow.'”
Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, 1 so Yahweh has compassion on those who honor him. 1
Isaiah 44:21Think about these things, Jacob, and Israel, for you are my servant: 1 I have formed you; you are my servant: Israel, you will not be forgotten by me. 1
Jeremiah 31:20Is not Ephraim my precious child? Is he not my dear, delightful son? 1 For whenever I speak against him, I certainly still call him to my loving mind. In this way my heart longs for him. 1 I will certainly have compassion on him—this is Yahweh's declaration.” 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 →