Isaiah 49:13-16

The Restoration of Israel

13 k Sing for joy, O heavens, and exult, O earth;
break forth, O mountains, into singing!
For the Lord l has comforted his people
and will have compassion on his afflicted.

14 But Zion said, m "The Lord has forsaken me;
my Lord has forgotten me."

15 n "Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
yet I will not forget you.
 16 Behold, o I have engraved you on the palms of my hands;
your walls are continually before me.

  1. Cross References
    Isaiah 44:23
    Sing, O heavens, for the Lord has done it; shout, O depths of the earth; break forth into singing, O mountains, O forest, and every tree in it! For the Lord has redeemed Jacob, and will be glorified in Israel.
  2. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:1
    Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.
  3. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:27
    Why do you say, O Jacob, and speak, O Israel, "My way is hidden from the Lord, and my right is disregarded by my God"?
    Isaiah 54:6
    For the Lord has called you like a wife deserted and grieved in spirit, like a wife of youth when she is cast off, says your God.
    Isaiah 62:4
    You shall no more be termed Forsaken, and your land shall no more be termed Desolate, but you shall be called My Delight Is in Her, and your land Married; for the Lord delights in you, and your land shall be married.
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 43:1
    But now thus says the Lord, he who created you, O Jacob, he who formed you, O Israel: "Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine.
    Psalms 27:10
    For my father and my mother have forsaken me, but the Lord will take me in.
  5. Cross References
    Song of Solomon 8:6
    Set me as a seal upon your heart, as a seal upon your arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy is fierce as the grave. Its flashes are flashes of fire, the very flame of the Lord.
    Revelation 13:16
    Also it causes all, both small and great, both rich and poor, both free and slave, to be marked on the right hand or the forehead.
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