“ Never! Can a mother forget her nursing child? Can she feel no love for the child she has borne? But even if that were possible, I would not forget you!

妇人焉能忘记她吃奶的婴孩，不怜恤她所生的儿子？即或有忘记的，我却不忘记你。

妇人焉能忘记她吃奶的婴孩，不怜悯她所生的儿子？即或有忘记的，我却不忘记你。

妇人焉能忘记她吃奶的婴孩，不怜悯她所生的儿子？即或有忘记的，我却不忘记你。

耶和华说：“母亲岂能忘记自己吃奶的婴儿，不怜悯自己亲生的孩子？就算有母亲忘记，我也不会忘记你。

妇人怎能忘记她吃奶的婴孩，不怜悯她亲生的儿子呢？即使她们可能忘记，我也不会忘记你。

耶和华说：“女人怎能忘记自己吃奶的婴孩，不怜悯她亲生的孩子呢？即使她们可能忘记，我也不会忘记你。

婦人焉能忘記她吃奶的嬰孩，不憐恤她所生的兒子？即或有忘記的，我卻不忘記你。

婦人焉能忘記她吃奶的嬰孩，不憐憫她所生的兒子？即或有忘記的，我卻不忘記你。

婦人焉能忘記她吃奶的嬰孩，不憐憫她所生的兒子？即或有忘記的，我卻不忘記你。

耶和華說：「母親豈能忘記自己吃奶的嬰兒，不憐憫自己親生的孩子？就算有母親忘記，我也不會忘記你。

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。

『婦人哪能忘記她嗍奶的孩子，而不憐憫她親腹生的兒子呢？就使有忘記的，但我呢、我是不會忘記你的。

耶和華說：「女人怎能忘記自己吃奶的嬰孩，不憐憫她親生的孩子呢？即使她們可能忘記，我也不會忘記你。

夫婦豈能忘哺乳之嬰、不慈所妊之子、彼或忘之、我不忘爾、

夫婦豈忘哺乳之子、不慈甫產之嬰、彼或忘子、我不忘爾。

然婦豈忘哺乳之嬰、不慈所產之子乎、彼或忘子、我不忘爾、

“ Can a mother forget the baby at her breast and have no compassion on the child she has borne? Though she may forget, I will not forget you!

The Lord answers,“ Can a mother forget the baby who is nursing at her breast? Can she stop having tender love for the child who was born to her? She might forget her child. But I will not forget you.

“ Can a woman forget her nursing child, that she should have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, yet I will not forget you.

“ Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.

“ Can a woman forget her nursing child And have no compassion on the son of her womb? Even these may forget, but I will not forget you.

“ Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you.

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.

“ Can a woman forget her nursing child, or lack compassion for the child of her womb? Even if these forget, yet I will not forget you.

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.

Can a woman forget her baby who nurses at her breast? Can she withhold compassion from the child she has borne? Even if mothers were to forget, I could never forget you!

“ 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!

The Lord is like a father to his children, tender and compassionate to those who fear him.

“ Pay attention, O Jacob, for you are my servant, O Israel. I, the Lord, made you, and I will not forget you.

“ When Israel was a child, I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.

“ Is not Israel still my son, my darling child?” says the Lord.“ I often have to punish him, but I still love him. That’s why I long for him and surely will have mercy on him.

So if you sinful people know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give good gifts to those who ask him.

Tenderhearted women have cooked their own children. They have eaten them to survive the siege.

When Athaliah, the mother of King Ahaziah of Judah, learned that her son was dead, she began to destroy the rest of the royal family.But Ahaziah’s sister Jehosheba, the daughter of King Jehoram, took Ahaziah’s infant son, Joash, and stole him away from among the rest of the king’s children, who were about to be killed. She put Joash and his nurse in a bedroom, and they hid him from Athaliah, so the child was not murdered.

“ They will be my people,” says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies.“ On the day when I act in judgment, they will be my own special treasure. I will spare them as a father spares an obedient child.

But then the king asked,“ What is the matter?” She replied,“ This woman said to me:‘ Come on, let’s eat your son today, then we will eat my son tomorrow.’So we cooked my son and ate him. Then the next day I said to her,‘ Kill your son so we can eat him,’ but she has hidden her son.”

Then the woman who was the real mother of the living child, and who loved him very much, cried out,“ Oh no, my lord! Give her the child— please do not kill him!” But the other woman said,“ All right, he will be neither yours nor mine; divide him between us!”Then the king said,“ Do not kill the child, but give him to the woman who wants him to live, for she is his mother!”

Even the jackals feed their young, but not my people Israel. They ignore their children’s cries, like ostriches in the desert.

The most tender and delicate woman among you— so delicate she would not so much as touch the ground with her foot— will be selfish toward the husband she loves and toward her own son or daughter.She will hide from them the afterbirth and the new baby she has borne, so that she herself can secretly eat them. She will have nothing else to eat during the siege and terrible distress that your enemy will inflict on all your towns.

Many of the people of Israel are now enemies of the Good News, and this benefits you Gentiles. Yet they are still the people he loves because he chose their ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.For God’s gifts and his call can never be withdrawn.

They refuse to understand, break their promises, are heartless, and have no mercy.

Then you will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.