King James Version (KJV)
Isaiah 49:16
“Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of [my] hands; thy walls [are] continually before me.”
Verse in context — Isaiah 49
14
But Zion said, The LORD hath forsaken me, and my 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, 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.
18
Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, [and] come to thee. [As] I live, saith the LORD, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all, as with an ornament, and bind them [on thee], as a bride [doeth].
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