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The wide roads are deserted.
    No one travels on them.
Our peace treaty with Assyria is broken.
    Those who witnessed it are looked down on.
    No one is respected.
The land dries up and wastes away.
    Lebanon is full of shame and dries up.
The rich land of Sharon is like the Arabah Desert.
    The trees of Bashan and Carmel drop their leaves.

10 “Now I will take action,” says the Lord.
    “Now I will be honored.
    Now I will be respected.

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The highways are deserted,
    no travelers(A) are on the roads.(B)
The treaty is broken,(C)
    its witnesses[a] are despised,
    no one is respected.
The land dries up(D) and wastes away,
    Lebanon(E) is ashamed and withers;(F)
Sharon(G) is like the Arabah,
    and Bashan(H) and Carmel(I) drop their leaves.

10 “Now will I arise,(J)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;(K)
    now will I be lifted up.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:8 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / the cities