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Isaiah 49:15

World English Bible

“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?
Yes, these may forget,
yet I will not forget you!

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Isaiah 49:15 in other translations

Can 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.

Isaiah 49:15 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 49:15 in context

  1. 13Sing, heavens, and be joyful, earth!
    Break out into singing, mountains,
    for Yahweh has comforted his people,
    and will have compassion on his afflicted.
  2. 14But Zion said, “Yahweh has forsaken me,
    and the Lord has forgotten me.”
  3. 15“Can a woman forget her nursing child,
    that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?
    Yes, these may forget,
    yet I will not forget you!
  4. 16Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.
    Your walls are continually before me.
  5. 17Your children hurry.
    Your destroyers and those who devastated you will leave you.