Isaiah 33:9
It mourneth, it languisheth—the land: Lebanon is ashamed, it is withered away; Sharon is become like a wilderness; and bereft of their fruits are Bashan and Carmel.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
10Now will I arise, saith the Lord; now will I raise myself; now will I lift myself up.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 3:4And we conquered all his cities at that time, there was not a city which we took not from them, sixty cities, all the region of Argob, the kingdom of 'Og in Bashan.
Song of Solomon 2:1I am the rose of Sharon, the lily of the valleys.—
Isaiah 2:13And over all the cedars of the Lebanon, the high and exalted, and over all the oaks of Bashan;
Isaiah 14:8Also, the fir-trees rejoice at thee, the cedars of Lebanon, “Since thou wast laid low, no feller is come up against us.”
Isaiah 24:4The land mourneth, withereth away, the world languishes, withereth away, the high ones of the people of the land do languish.
Isaiah 35:2It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice, yea, with joy and singing; the glory of the Lebanon shall be given unto it, the elegance of Carmel and Sharon; they indeed shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency 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 →