Bible Verse Lookup
Is 49:15
Chapter 49
15
Can a woman forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child of her womb? Yet though she forgets, I will never forget you.
Can a woman forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child of her womb? Yet though she forgets, I will never forget you.
Commentaries
of Zion.
Personified as a woman abandoned by her husband, Jerusalem complains to the Lord (14). God assures Zion that her complaint is unfounded because his love and tenderness for her are even stronger than that of a mother for her child (15). Verse 17 addresses the exiles who return and face difficulties and hostility as they rebuild the city. They are as precious to the Lord as a bride’s jewels (18). God will bless them with many descendants (20), to the extent that the city will be amazed (21).