Isaiah 49:16

Look, I have inscribed your name on my palms; 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 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

17Your children are hurrying back, while those who destroyed you are going away. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 48:12Walk around Mount Zion, go round about her; 1 count her towers, 1

Isaiah 26:1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: 1 We have a strong city; God has made salvation its walls and ramparts. 1

Isaiah 60:18Violence will no longer be heard in your land, or devastation nor shattering within your borders; 1 but you will call your walls Salvation, and your gates Praise. 1

Jeremiah 22:24“As I live—this is Yahweh's declaration—even if you, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet on my right hand, I would tear you off.

Revelation 21:10Then he carried me away in the Spirit to a great and high mountain and showed 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 →

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