⁹ The land mourns and withers;^(A)
Lebanon is ashamed and decayed.
Sharon is like a desert;
Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

¹⁴ Shepherd Your people^(A) with Your staff,^(B)
the flock that is Your possession.
They live alone^(C) in a woodland
surrounded by pastures.
Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead^(D)
as in ancient times.^(E)

⁴ He rebukes the sea so that it dries up,
and He makes all the rivers run dry.^(A)
Bashan and Carmel wither;^(B)
even the flower of Lebanon withers.