Holy Scripture

Isaiah 49:17

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

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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In context

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.

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

— Isaiah 49:17 —

18Lift up thine eyes round about, and look on them all; behold, they are gathered together, and are come to thee. As I live, saith the Lord, thou shalt clothe thyself with them all as with an ornament, and put them on as a bride her attire.

19For thy desert and marred and ruined places shall now be too narrow by reason of the inhabitants, and they that devoured thee shall be removed far from thee.

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