Isaiah 49:12

49:12 Look, they come from far away!

Look, some come from the north and west,

and others from the land of Sinim! ¹ 

Isaiah 49:21

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?’”

[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).

[49:21]  ² tn Heb “and you will say in your heart.”

[49:21]  ³ tn Or “exiled and thrust away”; NIV “exiled and rejected.”