Isaiah 49:16

Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls [are] before Me continually.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

15Forget doth a woman her suckling, The loved one — the son of her womb? Yea, these forget — but I — I forget not thee.

17Hastened have those building thee, Those destroying thee, and laying thee waste, go out from thee.

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Cross References

Psalms 48:12Compass Zion, and go round her, count her towers,

Isaiah 26:1In that day sung is this song in the land of Judah: 'We have a strong city, Salvation He doth make walls and bulwark.

Isaiah 60:18Violence is not heard any more in thy land, Spoiling and destruction in thy borders, And thou hast called 'Salvation' thy walls, And thy gates, 'Praise.'

Jeremiah 22:24I live — an affirmation of Jehovah, Though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah Were a seal on My right hand, Surely thence I draw thee away,

Revelation 21:10and he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and did shew to me the great city, the holy Jerusalem, coming down out of the 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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