Verse 16

Isaiah 49:16

New Living Translation

16 See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.

Original Language Text

hebrew

הֵ֥ן עַל כַּפַּ֖יִם חַקֹּתִ֑י/ךְ חוֹמֹתַ֥יִ/ךְ נֶגְדִּ֖/י תָּמִֽיד

English Translation

Behold, I have inscribed your walls on my palms; they are always before me.

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Chapter 49 Context

1 Listen to me, all you in distant lands! Pay attention, you who are far away! The LORD called m... Focus ↗

2 He made my words of judgment as sharp as a sword. He has hidden me in the shadow of his hand. ... Focus ↗

3 He said to me, “You are my servant, Israel, and you will bring me glory.” Focus ↗

4 I replied, “But my work seems so useless! I have spent my strength for nothing and to no purpose.... Focus ↗

5 And now the LORD speaks — the one who formed me in my mother’s womb to be his servant, who com... Focus ↗

6 He says, “You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to th... Focus ↗

7 The LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, says to the one who is despised and rejected by... Focus ↗

8 This is what the LORD says: “At just the right time, I will respond to you. On the day of salvati... Focus ↗

9 I will say to the prisoners, ‘Come out in freedom,’ and to those in darkness, ‘Come into the ligh... Focus ↗

10 They will neither hunger nor thirst. The searing sun will not reach them anymore. For the LORD... Focus ↗

11 And I will make my mountains into level paths for them. The highways will be raised above the val... Focus ↗

12 See, my people will return from far away, from lands to the north and west, and from as far so... Focus ↗

13 Sing for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains! For the LORD has c... Focus ↗

14 Yet Jerusalem says, “The LORD has deserted us; the Lord has forgotten us.” Focus ↗

15 “Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne?<... Focus ↗

16 See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusal...

17 Soon your descendants will come back, and all who are trying to destroy you will go away. Focus ↗

18 Look around you and see, for all your children will come back to you. As surely as I live,” sa... Focus ↗

19 “Even the most desolate parts of your abandoned land will soon be crowded with your people. Yo... Focus ↗

20 The generations born in exile will return and say, ‘We need more room! It’s crowded here!’ Focus ↗

21 Then you will think to yourself, ‘Who has given me all these descendants? For most of my child... Focus ↗

22 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: “See, I will give a signal to the godless nations. They... Focus ↗

23 Kings and queens will serve you and care for all your needs. They will bow to the earth before... Focus ↗

24 Who can snatch the plunder of war from the hands of a warrior? Who can demand that a tyrant let h... Focus ↗

25 But the LORD says, “The captives of warriors will be released, and the plunder of tyrants will... Focus ↗

26 I will feed your enemies with their own flesh. They will be drunk with rivers of their own blood.... Focus ↗

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