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Isaiah 49:15

“Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the son of her womb? Even if she could forget, I will not forget you!

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ASV

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.

KJV

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הֲתִשְׁכַּ֤חha.tish.Kach¿ will she forgetH7911 →
אִשָּׁה֙'i.Shaha womanH802 →
עוּלָ֔הּ'u.Lahsucking child herH5764 →
מֵרַחֵ֖םme.ra.Chemfrom having compassion onH7355 →
בֶּן־ben-[the] child ofH1121 →
בִּטְנָ֑הּbit.Nahwomb herH990 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
אֵ֣לֶּה'E.lehtheseH428 →
תִשְׁכַּ֔חְנָהtish.Kach.nahthey will forgetH7911 →
וְאָנֹכִ֖יve.'a.no.Khiand IH595 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
אֶשְׁכָּחֵֽךְ׃'esh.ka.ChekhI will forget youH7911 →

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Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.Isaiah 44:21Remember these things, O Jacob, for you are My servant, O Israel. I have made you, and you are My servant; O Israel, I will never forget you.Matthew 7:11So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!Psalms 27:10Though my father and mother forsake me, the LORD will receive me.Jeremiah 31:20Is not Ephraim a precious son to Me, a delightful child? Though I often speak against him, I still remember him. Therefore My heart yearns for him; I have great compassion for him,” declares the LORD.Hosea 11:1When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son.Malachi 3:17“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.1 Kings 3:26Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”Luke 11:13So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”Luke 11:11What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?Lamentations 4:10The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.Luke 15:20So he got up and went to his father. But while he was still in the distance, his father saw him and was filled with compassion. He ran to his son, embraced him, and kissed him.Genesis 21:6Then Sarah said, “God has made me laugh, and everyone who hears of this will laugh with me.”Proverbs 31:2What shall I say, O my son? What, O son of my womb? What, O son of my vows?1 Kings 3:26–27Then the woman whose son was alive spoke to the king because she yearned with compassion for her son. “Please, my lord,” she said, “give her the living baby. Do not kill him!” But the other woman said, “He will be neither mine nor yours. Cut him in two!”2 Kings 6:28–29Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’2 Kings 11:1–2When Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she proceeded to annihilate all the royal heirs.Genesis 21:16Then she went off and sat down nearby, about a bowshot away, for she said, “I cannot bear to watch the boy die!” And as she sat nearby, she lifted up her voice and wept.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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