Isaiah 49:15 KJV

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, they may forget, yet will I not forget thee.

Thou and Ye

  • thee one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

  • God's love to the churchLet there be universal joy, for God will have mercy upon the afflicted, because of his compassion; upon his afflicted, because of his covenant. We have no...

Thompson Chains

Cross References

  • Isaiah 44:21 Remember these, O Jacob and Israel; for thou art my servant: I have formed thee; thou art my servant: O Israel, thou shalt not be forgotten of me.
  • Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son out of Egypt.
  • 1 Kings 3:26–27 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it. …
  • 2 Kings 6:28–29 And the king said unto her, What aileth thee? And she answered, This woman said unto me, Give thy son, that we may eat him to day, and we will eat my son to morrow. …
  • 2 Kings 11:1–2 And when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead, she arose and destroyed all the seed royal. …

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Hebrew and Strong’s

  • Can a woman אִשָּׁה ʾiššâ אִשָּׁה Noun · feminine singular
  • forget הֲתִשְׁכַּח hătiškaḥ שָׁכַח Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular · with question
  • her sucking child עוּלָהּ ʿûlāh עוּל Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
  • that she should not have compassion מֵרַחֵם mēraḥēm רָחַם Verb · piel infinitive construct · with preposition
  • on the son בֶּן ben בֵּן Noun · masculine singular construct
  • of her womb בִּטְנָהּ biṭnāh בֶּטֶן Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
  • yea, they may forget גַּם gam Affirmation אֵלֶּה ʾēllê Pronoun תִשְׁכַּחְנָה tiškaḥnâ שָׁכַח Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine plural
  • yet will I not forget וְאָנֹכִי wĕʾānōkî Pronoun · first person common singular · with and לֹא lōʾ Negative אֶשְׁכָּחֵךְ ʾeškāḥēk שָׁכַח Verb · qal imperfect, first person common singular · with suffix: second person feminine singular

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