Isaiah 49:15 · 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. {that...: Heb. from having compassion}”
— Isaiah 49:15
But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of {my} hands; thy walls {are} continually before me.
Isaiah 49 — Context
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.
14But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.
15Can 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. {that...: Heb. from having compassion}
16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of {my} hands; thy walls {are} continually before me.
17Thy children shall make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth of thee.
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.
Psalms 103:13
Like as a father pitieth {his} children, {so} the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
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?
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. {are...: Heb. sound}
Hosea 11:1
When Israel {was} a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
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. {jewels: or, special treasure}
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.
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}. {yearned: Heb. were hot}