Verse 16

Isaiah 49:16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

16 Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.

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 Give ear, ye islands, and hearken, ye people from afar. The Lord hath called me from the womb, from... Focus ↗

2 And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword: in the shadow of his hand he hath protected me, and ha... Focus ↗

3 And he said to me: Thou art my servant Israel, for in thee will I glory. Focus ↗

4 And I said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength without cause and in vain: therefore m... Focus ↗

5 And now saith the Lord, that formed me from the womb to be his servant, that I may bring back Jacob... Focus ↗

6 And he said: It is a small thing that thou shouldst be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, a... Focus ↗

7 Thus saith the Lord the redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, to the soul that is despised, to the natio... Focus ↗

8 Thus saith the Lord: In an acceptable time I have heard thee, and in the day of salvation I have hel... Focus ↗

9 That thou mightest say to them that are bound: Come forth: and to them that are in darkness: Shew yo... Focus ↗

10 They shall not hunger, nor thirst, neither shall the heat nor the sun strike them: for he that is me... Focus ↗

11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my paths shall be exalted. Focus ↗

12 Behold these shall come from afar, and behold these from the north and from the sea, and these from... Focus ↗

13 Give praise, O ye heavens, and rejoice, O earth, ye mountains, give praise with jubilation: because... Focus ↗

14 And Sion said: The Lord hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me. Focus ↗

15 Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forg... Focus ↗

16 Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.

17 Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee and make thee waste shall go out of thee. Focus ↗

18 Lift up thy eyes round about, and see all these are gathered together, they are come to thee: I live... Focus ↗

19 For thy deserts, and thy desolate places, and the land of thy destruction shall now be too narrow by... Focus ↗

20 The children of thy barrenness shall still say in thy ears: The place is too strait for me, make me... Focus ↗

21 And thou shalt-say in thy heart: Who hath begotten these? I was barren and brought not forth, led aw... Focus ↗

22 Thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): Behold I will lift up my hand to the Gentiles, and will set up my... Focus ↗

23 And kings shall be thy nursing fathers, and queens thy nurses: they shall worship thee with their fa... Focus ↗

24 Shall the prey be taken from the strong? or can that which was taken by the mighty be delivered? Focus ↗

25 For thus saith the Lord: Yea verily, even the captivity shall be taken away from the strong: and tha... Focus ↗

26 And I will feed thy enemies with their own flesh: and they shall be made drunk with their own blood,... Focus ↗

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