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Isaiah 49:16

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

Isaiah 49:16 · American Standard Version

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Isaiah 49:16 in other translations

KJV King James Version

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

BSB Berean Standard Bible

Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

WEB World English Bible

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.

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In context

13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for Jehovah hath comforted his people, and will have compassion upon his afflicted.

14 But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the 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, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.

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

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

18 Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride.

19 For, as for thy waste and thy desolate places, and thy land that hath been destroyed, surely now shalt thou be too strait for the inhabitants, and they that swallowed thee up shall be far away.

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