Isaiah 33:9 New English Translation
9 The land[a] dries up[b] and withers away;
the forest of Lebanon shrivels up[c] and decays.
Sharon[d] is like the arid rift valley;[e]
Bashan and Carmel[f] are parched.[g]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 33:9 tn Or “earth” (KJV); NAB “the country.”
- Isaiah 33:9 tn Or “mourns” (BDB 5 s.v. I אָבַל). HALOT 6-7 lists homonyms I אבל (“mourn”) and II אבל (“dry up”). They propose the second here on the basis of parallelism. See 24:4.
- Isaiah 33:9 tn Heb “Lebanon is ashamed.” The Hiphil is exhibitive, expressing the idea, “exhibits shame.” In this context the statement alludes to the withering of vegetation.
- Isaiah 33:9 sn Sharon was a fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast. See 35:2.
- Isaiah 33:9 tn The rift valley (עֲרָבָה, ʿaravah) is a geographic feature extending from Galilee to the Gulf of Aqaba. Especially in the vicinity of the Dead Sea and then ranging southward, it is very dry with little vegetation.
- Isaiah 33:9 sn Both of these areas were known for their trees and vegetation. See 2:13; 35:2.
- Isaiah 33:9 tn Heb “shake off [their leaves]” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB “are stripped bare.”
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