Isaiah 33:9
The land mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and withereth away: Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
10How will I arise, saith the LORD; now will I lift up myself; now will I be exalted.
Cross References
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 a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
Isaiah 2:13and upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan;
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 24:4The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the lofty people of the earth do languish.
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, 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 →