Psalms 27:10

27:10 Even if my father and mother abandoned me, ¹ 

the Lord would take me in. ² 

Isaiah 46:3-4

46:3 “Listen to me, O family of Jacob, ³ 

all you who are left from the family of Israel, ⁴ 

you who have been carried from birth, ⁵ 

you who have been supported from the time you left the womb. ⁶ 

46:4 Even when you are old, I will take care of you, ⁷ 

even when you have gray hair, I will carry you.

I made you and I will support you;

I will carry you and rescue you. ⁸ 

Ezekiel 16:8

16:8 “‘Then I passed by you and watched you, noticing ⁹  that you had reached the age for love. ¹⁰  I spread my cloak ¹¹  over you and covered your nakedness. I swore a solemn oath to you and entered into a marriage covenant with you, declares the sovereign Lord, and you became mine.

[27:10]  ¹ tn Or “though my father and mother have abandoned me.”

[27:10]  ² tn Heb “gather me in”; or “receive me.”

[46:3]  ³ tn Heb “house of Jacob”; TEV “descendants of Jacob.”

[46:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “and all the remnant of the house of Israel.”

[46:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “from the womb” (so NRSV); KJV “from the belly”; NAB “from your infancy.”

[46:3]  ⁶ tn Heb “who have been lifted up from the womb.”

[46:4]  ⁷ tn Heb “until old age, I am he” (NRSV similar); NLT “I will be your God throughout your lifetime.”

[46:4]  ⁸ sn Unlike the weary idol gods, whose images must be carried by animals, the Lord carries his weary people.

[16:8]  ⁹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and has been translated here as a participle.

[16:8]  ¹⁰ tn See similar use of this term in Ezek 23:17; Prov 7:16; Song of Songs 4:10; 7:13.

[16:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “wing” or “skirt.” The gesture symbolized acquiring a woman in early Arabia (similarly, see Deut 22:30; Ruth 3:9).