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Isaiah 49:16

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Behold, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands. Your walls are continually before me.

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Verse 16. Hands, which were nailed to the cross. Septuagint “I have delineated thy walls on my hands, and thou art before me always.” Bible.—The Assyrians wore such characters on their hands or necks. Lucian. Leviticus 19:28. Calmet.—Christ will always love his Church, which is of all times and nations. Worthington.

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