Isaiah 33:9
9 The land ▼
▼tn Or “earth” (KJV); NAB “the country.”
dries up ▼ and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up ▼
▼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.
and decays. Sharon ▼ is like the arid rift valley; ▼
▼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.
Bashan and Carmel ▼ are parched. ▼
▼tn Heb “shake off [their leaves]” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB “are stripped bare.”
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