Isaiah 49:15 - Exposition

Can a woman forget?.… yea, they may forget. In the siege of Samaria by Benhadad, King of Syria, a mother, we are told ( 2 Kings 6:28 , 2 Kings 6:29 ), boiled her son for food. In the last siege of Jerusalem similar horrors are reported (Joseph; 'Bell. Jud.,' 6.3, 4). Mothers have even been known in England who have forced their tender and innocent daughters to commit deadly sin. Yet will I not forget, The love of God surpasses that of either father or mother. "When my father and my mother forsake me," says David, "then the Lord will take me up" ( Psalms 27:10 ). "God is love" ( 1 John 4:8 ) in his very essence; and his infinite love is deeper, tenderer, truer, than finite love can ever be. Still, that which is nearest to it upon earth is, doubtless, the love of a mother for her children (see Isaiah 66:13 ).