Holy Scripture

Isaiah 49:15

A church father on this verse
“(Verse 14 and following) And Zion said: The Lord has abandoned me, and the Lord has forgotten me. Can a woman forget her nursing child, so as not to have compassion on the son of her womb? Even if she forgets, I will not forget you. Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands; your walls are always before my…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Isaiah

Source: Septuagint

Original

15Will a woman forget her child, so as not to have compassion upon the offspring of her womb? but if a woman should even forget these, yet I will not forget thee, saith the Lord.

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In context

13Rejoice, ye heavens; and let the earth be glad: let the mountains break forth with joy; for the Lord has had mercy on his people, and has comforted the lowly ones of his people.

14But Zion said, The Lord has forsaken me, and, The Lord has forgotten me.

— Isaiah 49:15 —

16Behold, I have painted thy walls on my hands, and thou art continually before me.

17And thou shalt soon be built by those by whom thou wert destroyed, and they that made thee desolate shall go forth of thee.

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