Text -- Isaiah 49:12 (NET)

49:12 Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim!

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Isa 49:12

¹ tc The MT reads “Sinim” here; the Dead Sea Scrolls read “Syene,” a location in Egypt associated with modern Aswan. A number of recent translations adopt this reading: “Syene” (NAB, NRSV); “Aswan” (NIV); “Egypt” (NLT).

sn The precise location of the land of Sinim is uncertain, but since the north and west are mentioned in the previous line, it was a probably located in the distant east or south.