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12 “Watch! They’ll come from far away—
    some from the north and from the west,
        and others from the region of China.”[a]
13 Shout with joy, you heavens,
    and rock with glee, you earth!
        Break out in song, you mountains![b]
The Lord is comforting[c] his people
    and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.

Zion Not Forgotten

14 “But Zion said, ‘The Lord has abandoned me,
    and my God[d] has forgotten me.’

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 49:12 Lit. Syenes; so 1QIsaa; MT reads Syene; LXX reads Persians
  2. Isaiah 49:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read Let the mountains break out; MTqere, mss read And break out, you mountains
  3. Isaiah 49:13 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read has comforted
  4. Isaiah 49:14 So 1QIsaa corrector; Lit. my God written above my Lord; MT LXX read my Lord