Isaiah 49:12

Isaiah 49:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
• New International Version (NIV)See, they will come from afar— some from the north, some from the west, some from the region of Aswan.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west, and these from the land of Syene."
• New King James Version (NKJV)Surely these shall come from afar; Look! Those from the north and the west, And these from the land of Sinim.”

Context of Isaiah 49:12

10They will not hunger or thirst, Nor will the scorching heat or sun strike them down; For He who has compassion on them will lead them And will guide them to springs of water. 11I will make all My mountains a road, And My highways will be raised up. Behold, these will come from afar; And lo, these will come from the north and from the west, And these from the land of Sinim.” 13Shout for joy, O heavens! And rejoice, O earth! Break forth into joyful shouting, O mountains! For the Lord has comforted His people And will have compassion on His afflicted. 14But Zion said, “The Lord has forsaken me, And the Lord has forgotten me.”

Isaiah 49:12 word by word

הִנֵּה־אֵ֕לֶּה מֵרָח֖וֹק יָבֹ֑אוּ וְהִֽנֵּה־אֵ֙לֶּה֙ מִצָּפ֣וֹן וּמִיָּ֔ם וְאֵ֖לֶּה מֵאֶ֥רֶץ סִינִֽים׃Read the interlinear

• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• theseאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• will comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• from afarרָחֹקrâchôq râchôq · distantH7350
• northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• and from the westיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
• from the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• of Sinimסִינִיםsîynîym · SyeneH5515

Cross-references for Isaiah 49:12

• Isaiah 2:2Now it will come about that In the last days The mountain of the house of the Lord Will be established as the chief of the mountains, And will be raised above the hills; And all the nations will stream to it.
• Isaiah 11:10Then in that day The nations will resort to the root of Jesse, Who will stand as a signal for the peoples; And His resting place will be glorious.
• Isaiah 43:5Do not fear, for I am with you; I will bring your offspring from the east, And gather you from the west.
• Isaiah 60:9Surely the coastlands will wait for Me; And the ships of Tarshish will come first, To bring your sons from afar, Their silver and their gold with them, For the name of the Lord your God, And for the Holy One of Israel because He has glorified you.
• Isaiah 66:19I will set a sign among them and will send survivors from them to the nations: Tarshish, Put, Lud, Meshech, Tubal and Javan, to the distant coastlands that have neither heard My fame nor seen My glory. And they will declare My glory among the nations.
• Psalms 22:27All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the Lord, And all the families of the nations will worship before You.
• Psalms 72:10Let the kings of Tarshish and of the islands bring presents; The kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.
• Micah 4:2Many nations will come and say, “Come and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord And to the house of the God of Jacob, That He may teach us about His ways And that we may walk in His paths.” For from Zion will go forth the law, Even the word of the Lord from Jerusalem.
• Zechariah 2:11“Many nations will join themselves to the Lord in that day and will become My people. Then I will dwell in your midst, and you will know that the Lord of hosts has sent Me to you.
• Zechariah 8:20“Thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘It will yet be that peoples will come, even the inhabitants of many cities.
• Matthew 8:11I say to you that many will come from east and west, and recline at the table with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven;
• Luke 13:29And they will come from east and west and from north and south, and will recline at the table in the kingdom of God.
• Revelation 7:9After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;
• Revelation 11:15Then the seventh angel sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will reign forever and ever.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 49:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12Behold, these shall come from far - "Babylon was far and east, ממזרח mimmizrach, (non sic Vett.), Sinim, Pelusians, to the south." - Secker. The land of Sinim - Prof. Doederlein thought of Syene, the southern limit of Egypt, but does not abide by it. Michaelis thinks it is right, and promises to give his reasons for so thinking in the second part of his Spicilegium Geographiae Hebraeorum Exterae. See Biblioth. Oriental. Part 11 p. 176. סין sin signifies a…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12Behold, these shall come from far - That is, one part shall come from a distant land, and another from the north and west. This is a statement of the fulfillment of the promise made to him Isaiah 49:6-7, that he should be for a light to the Gentiles, and that kings and princes should rise up and honor him. The words from far,‘ denote a distant land, without specifying the particular direction from which they would come. The most distant nations should…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 7-12Verses 7-12 The Father is the Lord, the Redeemer, and Holy One of Israel, as sending the Son to be the Redeemer. Man, whom he came to save, put contempt upon him. To this he submitted for our salvation. He is a pledge for all the blessings of the covenant; in him God was reconciling the world to himself. Pardoning mercy is a release from the curse of the law; renewing grace is a release from the dominion of sin: both are from Christ. He saith to those in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The remnant would come from the north (that is, Babylon and Persia), from the west by sea, and from as far south as Egypt.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Sinim--The Arabians and other Asiatics called China Sin, or Tchin; the Chinese had no special name for themselves, but either adopted that of the reigning dynasty or some high-sounding titles. This view of "Sinim" suits the context which requires a people to be meant "from far," and distinct from those "from the north and from the west" [Gesenius].Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 49:12

• Chinese
• Church
• Jesus Continued
• Righteous
• Seekers
• Sinim

In the dictionaries

• Forget
• Mouth
• Sinim, The land of
• Isaiah
• Mark, the Gospel According to
• Saviour
• Sinim, Land of
• World, Cosmological
• Isaiah, Book of
• Sinim

Commentaries on Isaiah 49

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings