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15 Can a woman forget her nursing child?
    Will she have no compassion on the child from her womb?
    Although mothers may forget,
    I will not forget you.
16 I have engraved you on the palms of my hands.
    Your walls are always in my presence.
17 Your children will hurry back.
    Those who destroyed you and laid waste to you will leave you.

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15 “Can a mother forget the baby at her breast
    and have no compassion on the child(A) she has borne?
Though she may forget,
    I will not forget you!(B)
16 See, I have engraved(C) you on the palms of my hands;
    your walls(D) are ever before me.
17 Your children hasten back,
    and those who laid you waste(E) depart from you.

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