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Zion Not Forgotten

14 “But Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me,
    and my God[a] has forgotten me.’

15 “Can a woman forget her nursing child,
    or have no compassion for the child of her womb?
Even these mothers may forget;
    But as for me, I’ll never forget you!
16 Look! I’ve inscribed you on the palms of my hands,
    and[b] your walls are forever before me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:14 So 1QIsaa corrector; Lit. my God written above my Lord; MT LXX read my Lord
  2. Isaiah 49:16 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read and