Isaiah 49:15
Can a woman forget her nursing infant, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget you.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
14But Zion said, The LORD has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.
16Behold, I have graven you upon the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:29And all of you shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall all of you eat.
1 Samuel 12:22For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.
2 Kings 6:28And the king said unto her, What disturbs you? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give your son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son tomorrow.
Psalms 103:13Like a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him.
Isaiah 44:21Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for you are my servant: I have formed you; you are my servant: O Israel, you shall not be forgotten of me.
Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spoke against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, says 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 →