49:12 Look, they come from far away!
Look, some come from the north and west,
and others from the land of Sinim! 1
49:21 Then you will think to yourself, 2
‘Who bore these children for me?
I was bereaved and barren,
dismissed and divorced. 3
Who raised these children?
Look, I was left all alone;
where did these children come from?’”
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).
2 tn Heb “and you will say in your heart.”
3 tn Or “exiled and thrust away”; NIV “exiled and rejected.”