Isaiah 49:15

God's love God's faithfulness Comfort Loneliness

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.

¹⁴ But Zion said, “The LORD has forsaken me; the Lord has forgotten me!”

“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.

¹⁷ Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “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!
KJV: 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.
WEB: “Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!
ASV: Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.
DARBY: Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Even these forget, but I will not forget thee.
BLB: “Can a woman forget her infant, having [no] compassion on the son of her womb? Even these she may forget, and I will not forget you.

ÅB: Glemmer vel en kvinne sitt diende barn, så hun ikke forbarmer seg over sitt livs sønn? Om også de glemmer, så glemmer ikke jeg deg.
OTB: “Kan en mor glemme sitt diende barn og ikke ha medfølelse med barnet hun har født? Selv om hun skulle glemme, vil jeg ikke glemme deg!
B1930: Glemmer vel en kvinne sitt diende barn, så hun ikke forbarmer sig over sitt livs sønn? Om også de glemmer, så glemmer ikke jeg dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 44:21
Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.
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Psalms 103:13
As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.
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Matthew 7:11
So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
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Jeremiah 31:20
Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.
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Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.
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Malachi 3:17
“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
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Lamentations 4:10
The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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1 Kings 3:26–27
Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”
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