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15 “Can a woman forget her sucking child,
    that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb?
Even these may forget,
    yet I will not forget you.
16 Behold, I have graven you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls are continually before me.
17 Your builders outstrip your destroyers,
    and those who laid you waste go forth from you.

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15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child(A) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!(B)
16 See, I have engraved(C) you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls(D) are ever before me.
17 Your children hasten back,
    and those who laid you waste(E) depart from you.

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