Charles Spurgeon Commentary Isaiah 49:15-16

"Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yea, these may forget, yet will not I forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me." — Isaiah 49:15-16 (ASV)

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. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands;

However unnatural an earthly mother may prove, God will never forsake or forget one of his children.

"'Yet,' says the Lord, should nature change
And mothers monsters prove,
Zion still dwells upon the heart
of everlasting love.'"