en_tn_lite_do_not_use/isa/49/16.md

# General Information:

Yahweh continues speaking to Zion. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])

# I have inscribed your name on my palms

Yahweh speaks of his unwavering devotion to Zion as if he had written her name on the palms of his hands. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# your walls are continually before me

Yahweh speaks of always thinking about Zion as if her walls were always before him. The word "walls" is a metonym for the city. Alternate translation: "I am continually thinking about your walls" or "I am always thinking about you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])