Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Isaiah 49:15
Bible verse for Tuesday, September 15, 2026.
Isaiah 49:15
“"Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yes, these may forget, yet I will not forget you!”
— Bible (KJV) · Read Isaiah in context
The scene behind the verse
Babylon, ~540 BC. Jewish exiles have been in captivity for 50 years, questioning if God has abandoned them forever. Modern Iraq.
Original language
raham (רַחֵם) — womb-love, the fierce protective instinct of a mother
Historical context
Ancient Near Eastern cultures viewed forgetting one's child as the ultimate impossibility
What most readers miss
God uses FEMALE imagery for divine love — radical in a patriarchal culture
Common misconception
People think this is just nice poetry. It's actually God arguing a legal case — even if human love fails (which is unthinkable), divine love cannot fail (which is certain).
How this verse has been applied
When you feel forgotten, hold your hands over your heart and say 'God's love for me is stronger than a mother's love for her newborn.'
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