Isaiah 49:14-16

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ But the city of Zion said, “The Lord has deserted me.
    The Lord has forgotten me.”

¹⁵ The Lord answers, “Can a mother forget the baby
    who is nursing at her breast?
Can she stop having tender love
    for the child who was born to her?
She might forget her child.
    But I will not forget you.
¹⁶ I have written your name on the palms of my hands.
    Your walls are never out of my sight.