16 Behold, I have (A)inscribed you on the palms of My hands;
Your (B)walls are continually before Me.

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“Indeed, I have inscribed [a picture of] you on the [a]palms of My hands;
Your city walls [Zion] are continually before Me.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:16 In Jewish tradition there is a story representing Israel as God’s daughter, who asks Him to stamp a seal of her on His heart and arm (Song 8:6). God replies that such a seal cannot always be seen, so He has instead inscribed her upon His palms.

16 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.

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16 See, I have engraved(A) you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls(B) are ever before me.

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16     Look here. I have made you a part of Me, written you on the palms of My hands.
        Your city walls are always on My mind, always My concern.

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