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Isaiah 49

Isa. 49:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Behold, I have graven
chaqaq (Hebrew #2710)
properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribe
KJV usage: appoint, decree, governor, grave, lawgiver, note, pourtray, print, set.
Pronounce: khaw-kak'
Origin: a primitive root
b thee upon the palms of my hands
kaph (Hebrew #3709)
the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal, of the sole, and even of the bowl of a dish or sling, the handle of a bolt, the leaves of a palm-tree); figuratively, power
KJV usage: branch, + foot, hand((-ful), -dle, (-led)), hollow, middle, palm, paw, power, sole, spoon.
Pronounce: kaf
Origin: from 3721
; thy walls
chowmah (Hebrew #2346)
a wall of protection
KJV usage: wall, walled.
Pronounce: kho-maw'
Origin: feminine active participle of an unused root apparently meaning to join
are continually
tamiyd (Hebrew #8548)
properly, continuance (as indefinite extension); but used only (attributively as adjective) constant (or adverbially, constantly); ellipt. the regular (daily) sacrifice
KJV usage: alway(-s), continual (employment, -ly), daily, ((n-))ever(-more), perpetual.
Pronounce: taw-meed'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to stretch
before me.
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Song of Sol. 8:6• 6Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah. (Song of Sol. 8:6)

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I have.
Ex. 13:9• 9And it shall be for a sign to thee on thy hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the law of Jehovah may be in thy mouth; for with a powerful hand hath Jehovah brought thee out of Egypt. (Ex. 13:9)
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Song of Sol. 8:6• 6Set me as a seal upon thy heart, As a seal upon thine arm: For love is strong as death; Jealousy is cruel as Sheol: The flashes thereof are flashes of fire, Flames of Jah. (Song of Sol. 8:6)
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Jer. 22:24• 24As I live, saith Jehovah, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, were a signet upon my right hand, yet will I pluck thee thence; (Jer. 22:24)
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Hag. 2:23• 23In that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, will I take thee, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, my servant, saith Jehovah, and will make thee as a signet; for I have chosen thee, saith Jehovah of hosts. (Hag. 2:23)
thy walls.
Isa. 26:1• 1In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah: We have a strong city; salvation doth he appoint for walls and bulwarks. (Isa. 26:1)
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Isa. 54:12• 12and I will make thy battlements of rubies, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of precious stones. (Isa. 54:12)
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Isa. 60:18• 18Violence shall no more be heard in thy land, wasting nor destruction within thy borders; but thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, and thy gates Praise. (Isa. 60:18)
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Rev. 21:10‑21• 10And he carried me away in the Spirit, and set me on a great and high mountain, and shewed me the holy city, Jerusalem, coming down out of the heaven from God,
 11having the glory of God. Her shining was like a most precious stone, as a crystal-like jasper stone;
 12having a great and high wall; having twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are those of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.
 13On the east three gates; and on the north three gates; and on the south three gates; and on the west three gates.
 14And the wall of the city had twelve foundations, and on them twelve names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb.
 15And he that spoke with me had a golden reed as a measure, that he might measure the city, and its gates, and its wall.
 16And the city lies four-square, and its length is as much as the breadth. And he measured the city with the reed--twelve thousand stadia: the length and the breadth and height of it are equal.
 17And he measured its wall, a hundred and forty-four cubits, a man's measure, that is, the angel's.
 18And the building of its wall was jasper; and the city pure gold, like pure glass:
 19the foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every precious stone: the first foundation, jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, chalcedony; the fourth, emerald;
 20the fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolite; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, topaz; the tenth, chrysoprasus; the eleventh, jacinth; the twelfth, amethyst.
 21And the twelve gates, twelve pearls; each one of the gates, respectively, was of one pearl; and the street of the city pure gold, as transparent glass. (Rev. 21:10‑21)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Lo, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands; thy walls are continually before me.