Isaiah 49:14
12 Behold, they will come from far away, from the north and from the west, and from the land of Aswan.”
13 Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!
16 Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”
- KJV
- But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
- WEB
- But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me, and the Lord has forgotten me.”
- ASV
- But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
- DARBY
- But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
- BLB
- And Zion said: “YHWH has forsaken me, and my Lord has forgotten me.”
- ÅB
- Sion sa: Herren har forlatt meg, Herren har glemt meg.
- OTB
- Men Sion klaget, “Herren har forlatt meg; Herren husker meg ikke lenger.”
- B1930
- Sion sa: Herren har forlatt mig, Herren har glemt mig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 40:27
Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
Read in contextPsalms 22:1
My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning?
Read in contextRomans 11:1–5
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Read in contextLamentations 5:20
Why have You forgotten us forever? Why have You forsaken us for so long?
Read in contextPsalms 89:38–46
Now, however, You have spurned and rejected him; You are enraged by Your anointed one.
Read in contextPsalms 31:22
In my alarm I said, “I am cut off from Your sight!” But You heard my plea for mercy when I called to You for help.
Read in contextJeremiah 23:39
therefore I will surely forget you and will cast you out of My presence, both you and the city that I gave to you and your fathers.
Read in contextPsalms 77:6–9
At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
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