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12 See, these will come from far away,
from the north and from the west,[a](A)
and from the land of Sinim.[b][c]

13 Shout for joy, you heavens!(B)
Earth, rejoice!
Mountains, break into joyful shouts!
For the Lord has comforted his people,(C)
and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.(D)

Zion Remembered

14 Zion says, ‘The Lord has abandoned me;
the Lord has forgotten me! ’

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Footnotes

  1. 49:12 Lit sea
  2. 49:12 DSS read of the Syenites
  3. 49:12 Perhaps modern Aswan in southern Egypt

12 See, they will come from afar(A)
    some from the north, some from the west,(B)
    some from the region of Aswan.[a]

13 Shout for joy,(C) you heavens;
    rejoice, you earth;(D)
    burst into song, you mountains!(E)
For the Lord comforts(F) his people
    and will have compassion(G) on his afflicted ones.(H)

14 But Zion(I) said, “The Lord has forsaken(J) me,
    the Lord has forgotten me.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text Sinim

12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.

13 Sing, O heavens; and be joyful, O earth; and break forth into singing, O mountains: for the Lord hath comforted his people, and will have mercy upon his afflicted.

14 But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, and my Lord hath forgotten me.

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