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11 “I will make a highway across the mountains
    and prepare a road for my people to travel.
12 My people will come from far away,
    from the north and the west,
    and from Aswan[a] in the south.”

13 Sing, heavens! Shout for joy, earth!
    Let the mountains burst into song!
The Lord will comfort his people;
    he will have pity on his suffering people.

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  1. Isaiah 49:12 A city in southern Egypt, where a large Jewish community had settled.

11 I will turn all my mountains into roads,
    and my highways(A) will be raised up.(B)
12 See, they will come from afar(C)
    some from the north, some from the west,(D)
    some from the region of Aswan.[a]

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

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