Isaiah 49:16

The Passion Translation

Can’t you see? I have carved your name on the palms of my hands! Your walls are always my concern.

Cross References

Song of Solomon 8:6

Fasten me upon your heart as a seal of fire forevermore. This living, consuming flame will seal you as my prisoner of love. My passion is stronger than the chains of death and the grave, all consuming as the very flashes of fire from the burning heart of God. Place this fierce, unrelenting fire over your entire being.

Isaiah 26:1

A day is coming when this song will be sung in the land of Judah: “The city is a stronghold for us! The Lord’s salvation, like inner and outer walls, makes it secure.

Isaiah 54:12

I will make your towers of rubies, your gates of sparkling jewels, and all your walls of precious, delightful stones.

Isaiah 60:18

Threats of violence will no longer be heard in your land, nor will destruction and ruin be found within your borders. You will name your walls Salvation and your gates Praise.”

Isaiah 62:6

Jerusalem, I have stationed intercessors on your walls who will never be silent, day or night. You “reminders” of Yahweh, take no rest,

Isaiah 62:7

and tirelessly give God no rest, until he firmly establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of all the earth!

Jeremiah 17:1

Yahweh says: “People of Judah, your sins are engraved indelibly on the stone tablets of your hearts and on the horns of your altars, engraved with an iron pen and a chisel with a diamond point.

Jeremiah 22:24

Yahweh declares, “As surely as I am the living God, listen, O King Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah. Even if you were the royal signet ring I wear on my right hand, I would still pull you from my finger.