⁸ The big roads are empty.
    Nobody is travelling anywhere.
People spoil agreements that they have made.
    They do not believe what people promise.
    They do not respect anyone.
⁹ The land itself is dry and useless.
    Lebanon's forest is dying.
    Sharon has become like a desert.
    The trees in Bashan and Carmel have no leaves.^[a]
10 The Lord says, ‘Now I will stand up to do something.
    I will show that I am great and powerful.