KJV King James Version
The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].
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Isaiah 33:9
The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
WEB World English Bible
The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.
ASV American Standard Version
The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.
Surrounding context — Isaiah 33
6 And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, [and] strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD [is] his treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without: the ambassadors of peace shall weep bitterly.
8 The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant, he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.
9 The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].
10 Now will I rise, saith the LORD; now will I be exalted; now will I lift up myself.
11 Ye shall conceive chaff, ye shall bring forth stubble: your breath, [as] fire, shall devour you.
12 And the people shall be [as] the burnings of lime: [as] thorns cut up shall they be burned in the fire.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
אָבַ֤לH56 · a.valto mournאֻמְלְלָה֙H535 · a.malto weakenאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetהֶחְפִּ֥ירH2659 · cha.pherbe ashamedלְבָנ֖וֹןH3844 · le.va.nonLebanonקָמַ֑לH7060 · qa.malto decayהָיָ֤הH1961 · ha.yahto beהַשָּׁרוֹן֙H8289 · sha.ronLasharonכָּֽעֲרָבָ֔הH6160 · a.ra.vahArabahוְנֹעֵ֥רH5287 · na.arto shakeבָּשָׁ֖ןH1316 · ba.shanBashanוְכַרְמֶֽל׃H3760 · kar.melCarmel
Cross-references
Isaiah 35:2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the LORD, [and] the excellency of our God.Nahum 1:4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.Isaiah 65:10And Sharon shall be a fold of flocks, and the valley of Achor a place for the herds to lie down in, for my people that have sought me.Isaiah 2:13And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, [that are] high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan,Isaiah 1:7-8Your country [is] desolate, your cities [are] burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and [it is] desolate, as overthrown by strangers.Deuteronomy 3:4And we took all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, threescore cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.Song of Solomon 2:1I [am] the rose of Sharon, [and] the lily of the valleys.Isaiah 24:4-6The earth mourneth [and] fadeth away, the world languisheth [and] fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish.Isaiah 37:24By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, [and] the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, [and] the forest of his Carmel.Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.Isaiah 24:19-20The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly.Jeremiah 4:20-26Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled: suddenly are my tents spoiled, [and] my curtains in a moment.Isaiah 14:8Yea, the fir trees rejoice at thee, [and] the cedars of Lebanon, [saying], Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.Isaiah 3:26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she [being] desolate shall sit upon the ground.Zechariah 11:1-3Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may devour thy cedars.Jeremiah 50:19And I will bring Israel again to his habitation, and he shall feed on Carmel and Bashan, and his soul shall be satisfied upon mount Ephraim and Gilead.Micah 7:14Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily [in] the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed [in] Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.
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