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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 Surely (A)these shall come from afar;
Look! Those from the north and the west,
And these from the land of Sinim.”

13 (B)Sing, O heavens!
Be joyful, O earth!
And break out in singing, O mountains!
For the Lord has comforted His people,
And will have mercy on His afflicted.

God Will Remember Zion

14 (C)But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me,
And my Lord has forgotten me.”

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