Isaiah 49:16
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Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.

I have

Exodus 13:9 And it shall be as a sign in thy hand, and as a memorial before thy eyes; and that the law of the Lord be always in thy mouth, for with a strong hand the Lord hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt.

Songs 8:6 Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames.

Jeremiah 22:24 As I live, saith the Lord, if Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda were a ring on my right hand, I would pluck him thence.

Haggai 2:23 In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will take thee, O Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, my servant, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet, for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.

thy walls

Isaiah 26:1 In that day shall this canticle be sung in the land of Juda. Sion the city of our strength a saviour, a wall and a bulwark shall be set therein.

Isaiah 54:12 And I will make thy bulwarks of jasper: and thy gates of graven stones, and all thy borders of desirable stones.

Isaiah 60:18 Iniquity shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction in thy borders, and salvation shall possess thy walls, and praise thy gates.

Revelation 21:10-21 And he took me up in spirit to a great and high mountain: and he shewed me the holy city Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, . . .

Context
You are My Servant
15Can a woman forget her infant, so as not to have pity on the son of her womb? and if she should forget, yet will not I forget thee. 16Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.17Thy builders are come: they that destroy thee and make thee waste shall go out of thee.…
Cross References
Psalm 48:12
Surround Sion, and encompass her: tell ye in her towers.

Psalm 48:13
Set your hearts on her strength; and distribute her houses, that ye may relate it in another generation.

Songs 8:6
Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames.

Isaiah 62:6
Upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, I have appointed watchmen all the day, and all the night, they shall never hold their peace. You that are mindful of the Lord, hold not your peace,

Isaiah 62:7
And give him no silence till he establish, and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth.

Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Juda is written with a pen of iron, with the point of a diamond, it is graven upon the table of their heart, upon the horns of their altars.

Jeremiah 22:24
As I live, saith the Lord, if Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda were a ring on my right hand, I would pluck him thence.

Haggai 2:23
In that day, saith the Lord of hosts, I will take thee, O Zorobabel the son of Salathiel, my servant, saith the Lord, and will make thee as a signet, for I have chosen thee, saith the Lord of hosts.

Lexicon
Behold,
הֵ֥ן (hên)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 2005: Lo! behold!

I have inscribed you
חַקֹּתִ֑יךְ (ḥaq·qō·ṯîḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2710: To hack, engrave, to enact, prescribe

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the palms of My hands;
כַּפַּ֖יִם (kap·pa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan

your walls
חוֹמֹתַ֥יִךְ (ḥō·w·mō·ṯa·yiḵ)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2346: A wall of protection

are ever
תָּמִֽיד׃ (tā·mîḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 8548: Continuance, constant, ellipt, the regular, sacrifice

before Me.
נֶגְדִּ֖י (neḡ·dî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5048: A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before


Additional Translations
Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands; your walls are continually before me.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls are before Me continually.
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