Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 49:16

16. Behold I have graven thee upon the palmes of my hands : thy walls are continually before me .

Mine eye and heart is constantly upon thee. He alludes to the common practice of men who use to put signs and memorials upon their hand, or fingers of such things as they dearly affect, and would remember. See Exod. 13. 9. Deut. 6. 8. Prov. 6. 21. Cant. 8. 6. Ier. 22. 24.

My thoughts run continually upon the Walls of Ierusalem, which are now broken down that I way repair them as soon as ever the set time cometh, and then proceed to do far greater things for thee.