Isaiah 49:16
Isaiah 49:15-18 The Message (MSG)
“Can a mother forget the infant at her breast, walk away from the baby she bore? But even if mothers forget, I’d never forget you—never. Look, I’ve written your names on the backs of my hands. The walls you’re rebuilding are never out of my sight. Your builders are faster than your wreckers. The demolition crews are gone for good. Look up, look around, look well! See them all gathering, coming to you? As sure as I am the living God”—GOD’s Decree— “you’re going to put them on like so much jewelry, you’re going to use them to dress up like a bride.
Isaiah 49:16 King James Version (KJV)
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Isaiah 49:16 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.
Isaiah 49:16 New Century Version (NCV)
See, I have written your name on my hand. Jerusalem, I always think about your walls.
Isaiah 49:16 American Standard Version (ASV)
Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.
Isaiah 49:16 New International Version (Anglicised) (NIVUK)
See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands; your walls are ever before me.
Isaiah 49:16 New King James Version (NKJV)
See, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; Your walls are continually before Me.
Isaiah 49:16 Amplified Bible (AMP)
“Indeed, I have inscribed [a picture of] you on the palms of My hands; Your city walls [Zion] are continually before Me.
Isaiah 49:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
See, I have written your name on the palms of my hands. Always in my mind is a picture of Jerusalem’s walls in ruins.