Isaiah 49:12

Look, they come from far away! Look, some come from the north and west, and others from the land of Sinim! ¹ 

Ps 22:27; Ps 72:10,11,17; Isa 2:2,3; Isa 11:10,11; Isa 43:5,6; Isa 60:9-14; Isa 66:19,20; Mic 4:2; Zec 2:11; Zec 8:20-23; Mt 8:11; Lu 13:29; Re 7:9; Re 11:15

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).

sn The precise location of the land of Sinim is uncertain, but since the north and west are mentioned in the previous line, it was a probably located in the distant east or south.