Isaiah 49:16 “Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are…”

Isaiah 49:16

Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Behold, I haue grauen thee vpon the palme of mine hands: thy walles are euer in my sight.

Darby 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.

Bible in Basic English

See, your name is marked on my hands; your walls are ever before me.

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Cross references

“I have”

Haggai 2:23 Song of Solomon 8:6 Exodus 13:9 Jeremiah 22:24

Haggai 2:23 · BSB

On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”

Song of Solomon 8:6 · BSB

Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.

Exodus 13:9 · BSB

It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.

Jeremiah 22:24 · BSB

“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

“thy walls”

Isaiah 60:18 Isaiah 26:1 Isaiah 54:12 Revelation 21:10–21

Isaiah 60:18 · BSB

No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.

Isaiah 26:1 · BSB

In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.

Isaiah 54:12 · BSB

I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.

Revelation 21:10–21 · BSB

And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,

Also

Isaiah 62:6 Psalm 48:12–13

Isaiah 62:6 · BSB

On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,

Psalm 48:12–13 · BSB

March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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!

17Your builders hasten back; your destroyers and wreckers depart from you.

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