12 Behold, these shall come from far: and, lo, these from the north and from the west; and these from the land of Sinim.
12 Behold, these shall come from afar, and behold, these from the north and from the west,
12 Look: These coming from far countries, and those, out of the north, These streaming in from the west, and those from all the way down the Nile!"
12 Surely these shall come from afar; Look! Those from the north and the west, And these from the land of Sinim."
12 See, my people will return from far away, from lands to the north and west, and from as far south as Egypt. "
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 49:12
Commentary on Isaiah 49:7-12
(Read Isaiah 49:7-12)
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 darkness, Show yourselves. Not only see, but be seen, to the glory of God, and your own comforts. Though there are difficulties in the way to heaven, yet the grace of God will carry us over them, and make even the mountains a way. This denotes the free invitations and the encouraging promises of the gospel, and the outpouring of the Spirit.