Isaiah 49:15

Isaiah chapter 49 · verse 15 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

Context

v.14But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.

v.15This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 7:11

    If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

  • Hosea 11:1

    When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.

  • 2 Kings 11:1

    Now when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal.

  • Isaiah 44:21

    Remember these things, 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.

  • Romans 11:28

    As touching the gospel, they are enemies for your sake: but as touching the election, they are beloved for the fathers’ sake.

  • Lamentations 4:10

    The hands of the pitiful women have boiled their own children; They were their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.