Isaiah 33:9
The earth has mourned and languished. Lebanon has been confounded and desecrated. And Sharon has become like a desert. And Bashan and Carmel have been struck together.
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In Context
10“Now, I will rise up!” says the Lord. “Now I will be exalted! Now I will lift myself up!”
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:4laying waste to all his cities at one time. There was not a village which escaped from us: sixty cities, the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og, in Bashan.
Song of Solomon 2:1Bride: I am a flower of the open field and a lily of the steep valleys.
Isaiah 2:13and over all the straight and tall cedars of Lebanon, and over all the oaks of Bashan;
Isaiah 14:8The evergreens, too, have rejoiced over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying: ‘Since you have slept, no one has ascended who would cut us down.’
Isaiah 24:4The earth mourned, and slipped away, and languished. The world slipped away; the loftiness of the people of the earth was weakened.
Isaiah 35:2It will spring up and blossom, and it will exult with rejoicing and praising. The glory of Lebanon has been given to it, with the beauty of Carmel and Sharon. These will see the glory of the Lord and the beauty of our God.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 33:2-13
Assyria Threatened. ( b. c. 710.) 1 Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee. 2 O Lord , be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble. 3 At the noise of the tumult the people fled; at the lifting up of thyself… Read the whole commentary →