Isaiah 49:15-16

The Restoration of Israel

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 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.
   
2. 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.