Isaiah 49:16

Lo! I have written thee in mine hands; thy walls, be ever before mine eyes. (Behold! I have written thee upon my hands; thy walls, Jerusalem, (be) ever before my eyes.)

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Whether a woman may forget her young child, that she have not mercy on the son of her womb? (yea), though she (may) forget, nevertheless I shall not forget thee.

17The builders be come; (and) they that destroy thee, and scatter (thee), shall (now) go (far) away from thee.

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Cross References

Psalms 48:12Compass ye Zion, and embrace ye it; tell ye in the towers thereof. (March ye around Zion, ye people; and count ye up its towers.)

Isaiah 26:1In that day this song shall be sung in the land of Judah. The city of our strength; the saviour shall be set therein, the wall and the forewall, either a stronghold before the wall. (On that day this song shall be sung in the land of Judah. The city of our strength; salvation shall be found there, yea, the wall and the forewall, that is, a stronghold in front of the wall.)

Isaiah 60:18Wickedness shall no more be heard in thy land, neither destroying and defouling in thy coasts; and health shall occupy thy walls (or and deliverance, or salvation, shall occupy thy walls), and praising shall occupy thy gates.

Jeremiah 22:24I live, saith the Lord, for thou Jeconiah + 22:24 Also known as Coniah and Jehoiachin., the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were (as) a ring in my right hand, from thence I shall draw away him. (As I live, saith the Lord, for thou Jeconiah, the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were the ring on my right hand, but now I shall draw thee away from there.)

Revelation 21:10And he took me up in (the) Spirit into a great hill and high (or And he took me up in the Spirit onto a great high hill); and he showed to me the holy city of Jerusalem, coming down from (the) heaven of 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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