Yesaya 49:15

49:15 Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? ¹ 

Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? ² 

Even if mothers ³  were to forget,

I could never forget you! ⁴ 

Yesaya 60:22

60:22 The least of you will multiply into ⁵  a thousand;

the smallest of you will become a large nation.

When the right time comes, I the Lord will quickly do this!” ⁶ 

[49:15]  ¹ tn Heb “her suckling”; NASB “her nursing child.”

[49:15]  ² tn Heb “so as not to have compassion on the son of her womb?”

[49:15]  ³ tn Heb “these” (so ASV, NASB).

[49:15]  ⁴ sn The argument of v. 15 seems to develop as follows: The Lord has an innate attachment to Zion, just like a mother does for her infant child. But even if mothers were to suddenly abandon their children, the Lord would never forsake Zion. In other words, the Lord’s attachment to Zion is like a mother’s attachment to her infant child, but even stronger.

[60:22]  ⁵ tn Heb “will become” (so NASB, NIV).

[60:22]  ⁶ tn Heb “I, the Lord, in its time, I will quickly do it.”