Isaiah 49:16 See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.

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

New American Standard Bible
"Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Look, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are continually before Me.

International Standard Version
Look! I've inscribed you on the palms of my hands, and your walls are forever before me.

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

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold, I have graven thee in my hands: thy walls are always before my eyes.

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

Young's Literal Translation
Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls are before Me continually.

Cross References

Psalm 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

Psalm 48:13
Mark you well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that you may tell it to the generation following.

Song of Solomon 8:6
Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which has a most vehement flame.

Isaiah 62:6
I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never hold their peace day nor night: you that make mention of the LORD, keep not silence,

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

Jeremiah 17:1
The sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron, and with the point of a diamond: it is graven on the table of their heart, and on the horns of your altars;

Jeremiah 22:24
As I live, said the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, yet would I pluck you there;

Haggai 2:23
In that day, said the LORD of hosts, will I take you, O Zerubbabel, my servant, the son of Shealtiel, said the LORD, and will make you as a signet: for I have chosen you, said the LORD of hosts.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

49:13-17 Let there be universal joy, for God will have mercy upon the afflicted, because of his compassion; upon his afflicted, because of his covenant. We have no more reason to question his promise and grace, than we have to question his providence and justice. Be assured that God has a tender affection for his church and people; he would not have them to be discouraged. Some mothers do neglect their children; but God's compassions to his people, infinitely exceed those of the tenderest parents toward their children. His setting them as a mark on his hand, or a seal upon his arm, denotes his being ever mindful of them. As far as we have scriptural evidence that we belong to his ransomed flock, we may be sure that he will never forsake us. Let us then give diligence to make our calling and election sure, and rejoice in the hope and glory of God.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

16. Alluding to the Jews' custom (perhaps drawn from Ex 13:9) of puncturing on their hands a representation of their city and temple, in token of zeal for them [Lowth], (So 8:6).