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11     I will make their going easy, level the mountain road
        and smooth the path that leads them home.
12     Look! Even now, they are coming from lands far away,
        some from the north, others from the west, these from the land of Sinim.[a]

13 Oh joy! Be glad—sky! Take joy—earth! Burst into song—mountains!
    For the Eternal, moved to compassion, has comforted and consoled His people.

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Footnotes

  1. 49:12 Likely a reference to southern Egypt

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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Footnotes

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