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Isaiah 49:16

American Standard Version

Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.

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Isaiah 49:16 in other translations

Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.
Your walls are continually before me.

Isaiah 49:16 · World English Bible

Isaiah 49:16 in context

  1. 14But Zion said, Jehovah hath forsaken me, and the Lord hath forgotten me.
  2. 15Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee.
  3. 16Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
  4. 17Thy children make haste; thy destroyers and they that made thee waste shall go forth from thee.
  5. 18Lift up thine eyes round about, and behold: all these gather themselves together, and come to thee. As I live, saith Jehovah, thou shalt surely clothe thee with them all as with an ornament, and gird thyself with them, like a bride.