以赛亚书 49:15

Chinese Union (Simplified)

妇 人 焉 能 忘 记 他 吃 奶 的 婴 孩 ， 不 怜 恤 他 所 生 的 儿 子 ？ 即 或 有 忘 记 的 ， 我 却 不 忘 记 你 。

Parallel Translations

Chinese NCV (Simplified)
婦人怎能忘記她吃奶的嬰孩，不憐憫她親生的兒子呢？即使她們可能忘記，我也不會忘記你。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a woman: 1 Kings 3:26, 1 Kings 3:27, Psalms 103:13, Malachi 3:17, Matthew 7:11

that she should not have compassion: Heb. from having compassion

they may: Leviticus 26:29, Deuteronomy 28:56, Deuteronomy 28:57, 2 Kings 6:28, 2 Kings 6:29, 2 Kings 11:1, 2 Kings 11:2, Lamentations 4:3, Lamentations 4:10, Romans 1:31

yet: Isaiah 44:21, Jeremiah 31:20, Hosea 11:1, Romans 11:28, Romans 11:29

Reciprocal: Genesis 21:6 - God Genesis 21:16 - Let Exodus 28:29 - a Numbers 11:12 - as a nursing Deuteronomy 28:54 - his children 2 Kings 4:20 - his mother Psalms 27:10 - When Psalms 42:9 - Why hast Psalms 77:9 - God Psalms 94:14 - For Proverbs 31:2 - the son of my womb Isaiah 40:27 - sayest Isaiah 63:15 - thy bowels Jeremiah 51:5 - Israel Ezekiel 16:5 - eye Luke 11:11 - a son Luke 11:13 - know Luke 15:20 - But

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb?.... This is the Lord's answer to the church's complaint, instancing in the care and affection of a mother to her child, thereby illustrating his love to his people; he instances in a "woman", the tender sex; in a "child" of her's, an infant, not one grown up, from which her affections might be alienated by disobedience; her suckling child, she had in her arms, and on her knees, and whom her breasts would put her in mind of; and since one that is not an own child may be suckled, it is called "the son of her womb"; and is it possible for such an one to be forgotten?

yea, they may forget; through inadvertency, want of affection, a cruel disposition, hurry of business, sickness, public calamities, c. Lamentations 4:3, such monsters in nature there may be, though rare:

yet will I not forget thee he cannot forget, because of is nature, on which forgetfulness cannot properly fall; he will not, because of his promise, which never fails; he may seem to his people to have forgotten them, and he may be thought to have done so by others; he forgets their sins, but not their persons; he cannot forget his love, nor his covenant with them, nor his promises made to them; nor does he forget their love to him, nor their works, words, and thoughts; the righteous are had by him in everlasting remembrance. All this suggests that the Lord stands in the relation of a parent to his people, and they stand in the relation of children to him; they are born of him, and are as it were pieces of himself, and little images of him, and dear to him as the apple of his eye; they are like sucking children, that suck in the milk of his word, and suck at the breasts of his ordinances; and they are used by him in the most tender manner, as infants are; they are kissed by him, and dandled on the knee; they are led by him, and taught to go; he delights in them when they begin to speak in prayer or praise, though in a lisping and stammering manner; all their little actions are engaging, their works done by them, though imperfect, and a great deal of childishness in them; when anything ails them, he sympathizes with them, he takes care of them, and provides for them; and it is a concern to him whenever he is obliged to chastise them, and can he therefore forget them?

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Can a woman forget her sucking child? - The design of this verse is apparent. It is to show that the love which God has for his people is stronger than that which is produced by the most tender ties created by any natural relation. The love of a mother for her infant child is the strongest attachment in nature. The question here implies that it was unusual for a mother to be unmindful of that tie, and to forsake the child that she should nourish and love.

That she should not have compassion - That she should not pity and succor it in times of sickness and distress; that she should see it suffer without any attempt to relieve it, and turn away, and see it die unpitied and unalleviated.

Yea, they may forget - They will sooner forget their child than God will forget his afflicted and suffering people. The phrase ‘they may forget,’ implies that such a thing may occur. In pagan lands, strong as is the instinct which binds a mother to her offspring, it has not been uncommon for a mother to expose her infant child, and to leave it to die. In illustration of this fact, see the notes at Romans 1:31.