Isaiah 33:9 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 33:9

The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

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ASV

The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The earth mourneth - The land through which he has passed. For the sense of this phrase, see the note at Isa 24:4. Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down - For the situation of Lebanon, see the note at Isa 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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

He makes himself master of them so easily (though they are called fenced cities ), and meets with so little resistance, that he despises them, and has no relentings when he puts all to the sword; for he regards no man, has no pity or concern, no, not for those that he is under particular obligations to.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

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).

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
אָבַ֤ל	'a.Val	it has dried up	H56 →
אֻמְלְלָה֙	'um.le.Lah	it has languished	H535 →
אָ֔רֶץ	'A.retz	[the] land	H776 →
הֶחְפִּ֥יר	hech.Pir	it has displayed shame	H2659 →
לְבָנ֖וֹן	le.va.Non	Lebanon	H3844 →
קָמַ֑ל	ka.Mal	it has withered	H7060 →
הָיָ֤ה	ha.Yah	it has become	H1961 →
הַשָּׁרוֹן֙	ha.sha.rOn	<the> Sharon	H8289 →
כָּֽעֲרָבָ֔ה	ka.'a.ra.Vah	like <the> desert plain	H6160 →
וְנֹעֵ֥ר	ve.no.'Er	and [is] shaking off	H5287 →
בָּשָׁ֖ן	ba.Shan	Bashan	H1316 →
וְכַרְמֶֽל׃	ve.khar.Mel	and Carmel	H3760 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Nahum 1:4
He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
leads to
- Psalms 106:9
  He rebuked the Red Sea, and it dried up; He led them through the depths as through a desert.
- Joshua 3:13–15
  When the feet of the priests who carry the ark of the LORD—the Lord of all the earth—touch down in the waters of the Jordan, its flowing waters will be cut off and will…
Through
Isaiah 35:2
It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the…
leads to
- Romans 10:15
  And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
- Isaiah 60:13
  The glory of Lebanon will come to you—its cypress, elm, and boxwood together—to adorn the place of My sanctuary, and I will glorify the place of My feet.
- Isaiah 25:9
  And in that day it will be said, “Surely this is our God; we have waited for Him, and He has saved us. This is the LORD for whom we have waited. Let us…
- Habakkuk 2:14
  For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.
- Amos 9:13–15
  “Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all…
Through
Isaiah 65:10
Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for herds, for My people who seek Me.
leads to
- Isaiah 35:2
  It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the LORD, the…

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