Isaiah 49:15-17
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
15 Can a mother forget her infant,
be without tenderness for the child of her womb?
Even should she forget,
I will never forget you.(A)
16 See, upon the palms of my hands I have engraved you;[a]
your walls are ever before me.
17 Your children hasten—
your levelers, your destroyers
go forth from you;
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