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Isaiah 33:9

BashanCarmelLebanonSaron

7 Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.

8 The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.

The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.

11 You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
KJV
The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
WEB
The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
ASV
The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves].
DARBY
The land mourneth, it languisheth; Lebanon is ashamed, is withered; the Sharon is become as a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped.
BLB
The land mourns [and] languishes; Lebanon is ashamed [and] decays; Sharon has become like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel shake off.
ÅB
Landet visner og sykner bort; Libanon står skamfull og visner; Saron er som den øde mark, og Basan og Karmel rister løvet av.
OTB
Landet sørger og visner, Libanon skammer seg og visner; Sharon er som en ørken, og Basan og Karmel feller sine blader.
B1930
Landet visner og sykner bort; Libanon står skamfull og visner; Saron er som den øde mark, og Basan og Karmel ryster løvet av.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 35:2

    It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the splendor of our God.

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  • Isaiah 65:10

    Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.

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  • Nahum 1:4

    He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.

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  • Zechariah 11:1–3

    Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars!

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  • Isaiah 3:26

    And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.

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  • Isaiah 14:8

    Even the cypresses and cedars of Lebanon exult over you: “Since you have been laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.”

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  • Isaiah 24:4–6

    The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away.

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  • Isaiah 24:1

    Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—

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