Isaiah 33:9

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

7Behold, heroes cry outside. Ambassadors of peace weep bitterly. 8Highways are desolate; travel has ceased; covenant is broken; cities are despised; there is no regard for humanity. The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is shamed and withers; Sharon is like a wilderness; Bashan and Carmel are shaken bare. 10“Now I will arise,” says Adonai. “Now I will be exalted. Now I will lift Myself up. 11You conceive chaff, you will give birth to stubble. My breath is a fire that will consume you.

Isaiah 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 is desolate; your cities are burned with fire; your fields, strangers devour it in your presence—a desolation, overthrown by strangers.
• Isaiah 24:1Behold, Adonai makes the land empty and makes it waste, twists its face, and scatters its inhabitants.
• Jeremiah 4:20Disaster on disaster is reported. So the whole land is ruined. My tents are suddenly ravaged, my curtains in an instant.
• Isaiah 14:8Even the cypress trees rejoice over you, along with the cedars of Lebanon: “Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes up against us.”
• Isaiah 37:24Through your servants, you have blasphemed my Lord and said: ‘With my many chariots I have climbed to the heights of the mountains, to the remotest parts of Lebanon! I cut down its tall cedars and choice cypress trees. I have gone to its farthest peak, its thickest forest.
• Zechariah 11:1Open your gates, Lebanon— fire will devour your cedars!
• Isaiah 35:2It will blossom profusely, will rejoice with joy and singing, will be given the glory of Lebanon, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of Adonai, the splendor of our God.
• Isaiah 65:10Sharon will be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for herds to lie down in, for My people who seek Me.
• Deuteronomy 3:4We captured all his cities at that time—there was not a town that we did not take from them—sixty cities, the whole region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in the Bashan.
• Jeremiah 50:19I will bring Israel back to his pasture. He will feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
• Micah 7:14Tend Your people with Your staff, the flock of Your inheritance, dwelling alone, in a forest in the midst of a fertile garden. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
• Nahum 1:4Rebuking the sea, He made it dry, as He has dried up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languished, Yes, Lebanon’s budding languished.

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

Topics related to Isaiah 33:9

• Bashan
• Carmel
• Sharon
• War

In the dictionaries

• Bashan
• Carmel
• Lebanon
• Sharon
• Carmel, Mount Carmel
• Sharon, Plain of Sharon
• Acknowledge
• Deep
• Fearfulness
• Fire

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