Isaiah 49:15

God's love God's faithfulness Comfort Loneliness

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.

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 before me.

¹⁷ Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.

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, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
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Psalms 103:13
Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
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Matthew 7:11
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
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Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the LORD.
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Hosea 11:1
When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
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Malachi 3:17
And they shall be mine, saith the LORD of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels; and I will spare them, as a man spareth his own son that serveth him.
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Lamentations 4:10
The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.
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1 Kings 3:26–27
Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
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