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Isaiah 33:9
9The land mourns and dries out, Lebanon is shamed and [its lush foliage] withers; Sharon is like a desert plain, And Bashan and [Mount] Carmel shake off their leaves.
Isaiah 33:9 in other versions
- King James Version (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.
- New International Version (NIV)The land dries up and wastes away, Lebanon is ashamed and withers; Sharon is like the Arabah, and Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The earth mourns and languishes, Lebanon is shamed and shriveled; Sharon is like a wilderness, And Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.
Context of Isaiah 33:9
7Now look, their brave men shout outside; The ambassadors [seeking a treaty] of peace weep bitterly. 8The highways are deserted, the traveler has ceased [to appear]. The enemy has broken the covenant, he has rejected the cities, He has no regard for [any] man. The land mourns and dries out, Lebanon is shamed and [its lush foliage] withers; Sharon is like a desert plain, And Bashan and [Mount] Carmel shake off their leaves. 10“Now I will arise,” says the Lord. “Now I will be exalted; now I will be lifted up. 11You have conceived dried grass, you will give birth to stubble; My breath is a fire that will consume you.
Read all of Isaiah 33Isaiah 33:9 word by word
אָבַ֤ל אֻמְלְלָה֙ אָ֔רֶץ הֶחְפִּ֥יר לְבָנ֖וֹן קָמַ֑ל הָיָ֤ה הַשָּׁרוֹן֙ כָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה וְנֹעֵ֥ר בָּשָׁ֖ן וְכַרְמֶֽל׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- mournethאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
- languishethאָמַל'âmal · be weakH535
- Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
- is ashamedחָפֵרchâphêr · be ashamedH2659
- hewn downקָמֵלqâmal · to decayH7060
- Sharonשָׁרוֹןshârôn · SharonH8289
- is like a wildernessעֲרָבָה‛ărâbâh · ArabahH6160
- and Bashanבָּשָׁןbâshân · BashanH1316
- and Carmelכַּרְמֶלkarmel · CarmelH3760
- shake offנָעַרnâ‛ar · to shakeH5287
Cross-references for Isaiah 33:9
- Isaiah 1:7Your land lies desolate [because of your disobedience], Your cities are burned with fire, Your fields—strangers are devouring them in your very presence; It is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.
- Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord lays waste to the earth, devastates it, twists and distorts its face and scatters its inhabitants.
- Jeremiah 4:20News of one [terrible] disaster comes close after another, For the whole land is devastated; Suddenly my tents are spoiled and destroyed, My [tent] curtains [ruined] in a moment.
- Isaiah 14:8Even the cypress trees rejoice over you [kings of Babylon], even the cedars of Lebanon, saying, ‘Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.’
- Isaiah 37:24Through your servants you have taunted and defied the Lord, And you have said, ‘With my many chariots I have gone up to the heights of the mountains, To the remotest parts of Lebanon. I cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees; And I will go to its remotest height, its most luxuriant and thickest forest.
- Zechariah 11:1Open your doors, O Lebanon, That fire may devour your cedars.
- Isaiah 35:2It will blossom abundantly And rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, The majesty of [Mount] Carmel and [the plain] of Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord, The majesty and splendor of our God.
- Isaiah 65:10And [the plain of] Sharon will be a place for flocks to graze, And the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, For My people who seek Me [who long for Me and require My presence in their lives].
- Deuteronomy 3:4We captured all his cities at that time; there was not a city which we did not take from them: sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
- Jeremiah 50:19And I will bring Israel [home] again to his pasture and he will graze on [the most fertile lands of] Carmel [in the west] and Bashan [in the east], and his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
- Micah 7:14Shepherd and rule Your people with Your scepter [of blessing], The flock of Your inheritance and Your possession Which dwells alone [separate and secure from attack] in the forest, In the midst of a garden land. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead As in the days of old [the days of Moses and Elijah].
- Nahum 1:4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He dries up all the rivers [illustrating His judgment]. Bashan [on the east] and [Mount] Carmel [on the west] wither, And [in the north] the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
Commentaries on Isaiah 33:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits "Bashan and Carmel are stripped of their beauty" - , made manifest. Sept. They read ונערה veneerah .Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9The earth mourneth - The land through which he has passed. For the sense of this phrase, see the note at Isaiah 24:4. Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down - For the situation of Lebanon, see the note at Isaiah 10:34. Lebanon was distinguished for its ornaments of beautiful cedars. Here iris represented as being stript of these ornaments, and as covered with shame on that account. There is not any direct historical evidence that Sennacherib had advanced to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9Sharon, Bashan, and Carmel were all fertile areas. Their desolation represents the destruction Assyria had caused in Israel.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 7-97-9. From the vision of future glory Isaiah returns to the disastrous present; the grief of "the valiant ones" (parallel to, and identical with, "the ambassadors of peace"), men of rank, sent with presents to sue for peace, but standing "without" the enemy's camp, their suit being rejected (2Ki 18:14, 18, 37). The highways deserted through fear, the cities insulted, the lands devastated. cry--(Is 15:4).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 33
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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