12 (A)Behold, these shall come from afar,
    and behold, (B)these from the north and from the west,[a]
    and these from the land of Syene.”[b]

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  1. Isaiah 49:12 Hebrew from the sea
  2. Isaiah 49:12 Dead Sea Scroll; Masoretic Text Sinim

12 See, they will come from afar(A)
    some from the north, some from the west,(B)
    some from the region of Aswan.[a]

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

Who are these that fly like a cloud,
    and (A)like doves to their windows?
For (B)the coastlands shall hope for me,
    (C)the ships of Tarshish first,
(D)to bring your children from afar,
    their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
    and for the Holy One of Israel,
    because (E)he has made you beautiful.

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“Who are these(A) that fly along like clouds,(B)
    like doves to their nests?
Surely the islands(C) look to me;
    in the lead are the ships of Tarshish,[a](D)
bringing(E) your children from afar,
    with their silver and gold,(F)
to the honor(G) of the Lord your God,
    the Holy One(H) of Israel,
    for he has endowed you with splendor.(I)

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  1. Isaiah 60:9 Or the trading ships

and (A)gathered in from the lands,
    from the east and from the west,
    from the north and from the south.

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those he gathered(A) from the lands,
    from east and west, from north and south.[a]

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  1. Psalm 107:3 Hebrew north and the sea