Isaiah 30:4

Were at Zoan. Perhaps, “are at Zoan,” a city on the Tanitic branch of the Nile, identified with the modern village of San el-Hagar, in the eastern part of the Delta region. Since the Nile Delta is constantly building up, so that the mouths of the Nile are much farther north than they were in Bible times, Zoan was probably on a harbor at the mouth of the river in Moses’ time. The city had been built seven years after Hebron (Num. 13:22). The Hyksos (see on Gen. 39:1; 45:10) made this city their capital, calling it Avaris. It was later given the name Tanis. A century after Isaiah, in the time of Ezekiel, it seems still to have been an important city (Eze. 30:14).

Hanes. Either Heracleopolis in the eastern Delta or Heracleopolis on the west bank of the Nile about 56 mi. (90 km.) south by west from Memphis.