Isaiah 49:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.”
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“Behold, I have inscribed you on the palms of My hands; your walls are ever before Me.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lo, on the palms of the hand I have graven thee, Thy walls <FI>are<Fi> before Me continually.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 49:16 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 13:9It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
- Psalms 48:12March around Zion, encircle her, count her towers,
- Song of Solomon 8:6Set me as a seal over your heart, as a seal upon your arm. For love is as strong as death, its jealousy as unrelenting as Sheol. Its sparks are fiery flames, the fiercest blaze of all.
- Isaiah 26:1In that day this song will be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation is established as its walls and ramparts.
- Isaiah 54:12I will make your pinnacles of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious stones.
- Isaiah 60:18No longer will violence be heard in your land, nor ruin or destruction within your borders. But you will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.
- Isaiah 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,
- Jeremiah 22:24“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
- Haggai 2:23On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will take you, My servant, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and I will make you like My signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of Hosts.”
- Revelation 21:10And he carried me away in the Spirit to a mountain great and high, and showed me the holy city of Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God,
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