Isaiah 33:9

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and withers. Sharon has become like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The earth mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and withered; Sharon is like a wilderness, and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    The earth mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their fruits.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The land{H776} mourneth{H56} and languisheth;{H535} Lebanon{H3844} is confounded{H2659} and withereth away;{H7060} Sharon{H8289} is like a desert;{H6160} and Bashan{H1316} and Carmel{H3760} shake off{H5287} [their leaves].

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    The earth{H776} mourneth{H56}{(H8804)} and languisheth{H535}{(H8797)}: Lebanon{H3844} is ashamed{H2659}{(H8689)} and hewn down{H7060}{(H8804)}: Sharon{H8289} is like a wilderness{H6160}; and Bashan{H1316} and Carmel{H3760} shake off{H5287}{(H8802)} their fruits.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    the desolate earth is in heuynes. Libanus taketh it but for a sporte, that it is hewen downe: Saron is like a wyldernes: Basa & Charmel are turned vpside downe.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The earth mourneth & fainteth: Lebanon is ashamed, and hewen downe: Sharon is like a wildernes, and Bashan is shaken and Carmel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The desolate earth is in heauinesse, Libanus is shamed and hewen downe, Saron is like a wildernesse, Basan and Charmel are spoyled of their fruites.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is confounded and withers away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves].

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Mourned, languished hath the land, Confounded hath been Lebanon, Withered hath been Sharon as a wilderness, And shaking are Bashan and Carmel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off `their leaves'.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their leaves] .

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The earth is sorrowing and wasting away; Lebanon is put to shame and has become waste; Sharon is like the Arabah; and in Bashan and Carmel the leaves are falling.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The land mourns and languishes. Lebanon is confounded and withers away. Sharon is like a desert, and Bashan and Carmel are stripped bare.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the arid rift valley; Bashan and Carmel are parched.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 35:2 : 2 It will burst into bloom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.
  • Nah 1:4 : 4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.
  • Isa 65:10 : 10 The Sharon will become a pasture for flocks, and the Valley of Achor a resting place for cattle, for my people who seek me.
  • Jer 4:20-26 : 20 Disaster upon disaster is announced, for the whole land is devastated. Suddenly, my tents are ruined, my curtains in a moment. 21 How long must I see the banner and hear the sound of the trumpet? 22 For my people are foolish; they do not know me. They are senseless children and have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they do not know how to do good. 23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone. 24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying. 25 I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away. 26 I looked, and behold, the fertile land was a wilderness, and all its cities were torn down before the LORD, in the heat of His fierce anger.
  • Jer 50:19 : 19 I will restore Israel to his pasture, and he will graze on Carmel and Bashan; his soul will be satisfied on the hills of Ephraim and Gilead.
  • Mic 7:14 : 14 Shepherd your people with your staff, the flock of your inheritance, who live alone in a forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them graze in Bashan and Gilead as they did in days of old.
  • Zech 11:1-3 : 1 Open your gates, O Lebanon, so that fire may consume your cedars. 2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, because the majestic trees are destroyed! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has come down! 3 Listen! The wailing of the shepherds, because their glory is ruined. Listen! The roar of the lions, for the pride of the Jordan is devastated.
  • Isa 37:24 : 24 Through your servants you have mocked the Lord. You have said, "With my many chariots I have ascended the heights of the mountains, the utmost parts of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars and its choicest cypress trees. I have reached its remotest heights, the densest of its forests.
  • Deut 3:4 : 4 We captured all his cities at that time—there was not a city we did not take from them—sixty cities in all, the entire region of Argob, the kingdom of Og in Bashan.
  • Song 2:1 : 1 I am a rose of Sharon, a lily of the valleys.
  • Isa 1:7-8 : 7 Your land is desolate, your cities are burned with fire; in your presence, foreigners devour your fields. It is desolate, as if overthrown by strangers. 8 The daughter of Zion is left like a shelter in a vineyard, like a hut in a cucumber field, like a besieged city.
  • Isa 2:13 : 13 It will come against all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and against all the oaks of Bashan.
  • Isa 3:26 : 26 The city gates will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.
  • Isa 14:8 : 8 Even the cypresses rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.'
  • Isa 24:1 : 1 Behold, the Lord lays the earth waste, devastates it, distorts its surface, and scatters its inhabitants.
  • Isa 24:4-6 : 4 The earth mourns and withers; the world fades and withers; the exalted of the earth languish. 5 The earth is defiled by its inhabitants, for they have transgressed laws, violated statutes, and broken the everlasting covenant. 6 Therefore, a curse devours the earth, and its inhabitants bear the guilt. Therefore, the earth’s inhabitants are burned, and few people are left.
  • Isa 24:19-20 : 19 The earth is utterly broken, the earth is split apart, the earth is violently shaken. 20 The earth staggers like a drunkard, it sways like a hut; its transgression lies heavy upon it, and it falls, never to rise again.

Similar Verses (AI)

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    3 verses
    80%

    10 The fields are devastated, and the ground mourns, because the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the olive oil fails.

    11 Be ashamed, you farmers; wail, you vinekeepers, for the wheat and the barley, because the harvest of the field has perished.

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  • Zech 11:1-3
    3 verses
    79%

    1 Open your gates, O Lebanon, so that fire may consume your cedars.

    2 Wail, O cypress, for the cedar has fallen, because the majestic trees are destroyed! Wail, oaks of Bashan, for the dense forest has come down!

    3 Listen! The wailing of the shepherds, because their glory is ruined. Listen! The roar of the lions, for the pride of the Jordan is devastated.

  • Isa 33:8
    79%

    8 The highways are deserted; travelers have ceased. Covenants are broken, cities are despised, and no one cares about humanity.

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    79%

    4 The earth mourns and withers; the world fades and withers; the exalted of the earth languish.

  • Nah 1:4
    78%

    4 He rebukes the sea and dries it up; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the blossoms of Lebanon fade.

  • Jer 9:10
    77%

    10 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair of jackals, and I will make the towns of Judah desolate, without inhabitants.

  • Hos 4:3
    76%

    3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish, along with the beasts of the field, the birds of the skies, and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

  • Isa 35:2
    76%

    2 It will burst into bloom abundantly and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and Sharon. They will see the glory of the Lord, the splendor of our God.

  • Joel 1:17-19
    3 verses
    76%

    17 The seeds shrivel beneath their clods, the storehouses are desolate, the granaries are broken down, for the grain has dried up.

    18 How the cattle groan! The herds of livestock wander in confusion because they have no pasture; even the flocks of sheep are suffering.

    19 To you, Lord, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flames have burned all the trees of the field.

  • Isa 16:8-10
    3 verses
    76%

    8 The fields of Heshbon languish, as does the vine of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations have struck its choice vines, which reached as far as Jazer, wandered into the wilderness, and spread their shoots abroad, crossing the sea.

    9 Therefore, I weep with the weeping of Jazer for the vine of Sibmah. I drench you with my tears, O Heshbon and Elealeh, for over your summer fruits and your harvest, shouts of joy have fallen silent.

    10 Joy and gladness are taken away from the fertile fields. In the vineyards, no songs are sung, no cheers are heard. No one treads out wine in the presses—the cheerful shouting has stopped.

  • Hab 3:17
    75%

    17 Though the fig tree does not blossom and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and there are no cattle in the stalls,

  • Jer 12:11
    75%

    11 They have made it a desolation, and it mourns before me. The whole land is desolate, but no one takes it to heart.

  • Ezek 33:28
    75%

    28 I will make the land a desolate waste, and its proud strength will come to an end. The mountains of Israel will become desolate, with no one passing through.

  • Joel 1:7-8
    2 verses
    75%

    7 It has laid waste my vine and ruined my fig tree. It has stripped off their bark and thrown it away; their branches are made white.

    8 Mourn like a young woman dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth.

  • Ezek 19:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

    13 Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.

    14 Fire went out from its branch, consuming its fruit. There was no strong rod left in it, no scepter fit to rule. This is a lamentation, and it has become a lamentation.

  • Jer 12:4
    74%

    4 How long will the land mourn and the grass in the fields wither? Because of the wickedness of those who dwell in it, the beasts and the birds are swept away. For they said, 'He will not see our end.'

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    74%

    8 Even the cypresses rejoice over you, and the cedars of Lebanon, saying, 'Since you were laid low, no woodcutter comes against us.'

  • Ezek 31:15
    74%

    15 This is what the Lord GOD says: On the day it went down to Sheol, I caused mourning; I covered the deep because of it, restrained its rivers, and held back the abundant waters. I clothed Lebanon in gloom because of it, and all the trees of the field withered away over it.

  • Amos 1:2
    74%

    2 He said: 'The LORD roars from Zion, and from Jerusalem He raises His voice; the pastures of the shepherds mourn, and the summit of Carmel withers.'

  • Jer 22:20
    74%

    20 Go up to Lebanon and cry out; raise your voice in Bashan; cry out from Abarim, for all your allies are crushed.

  • Isa 32:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12 Beat your breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vines.

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  • Isa 2:13
    74%

    13 It will come against all the cedars of Lebanon, tall and lofty, and against all the oaks of Bashan.

  • Isa 24:7
    73%

    7 The new wine dries up, the vine withers, and all the merry-hearted groan.

  • Ezek 31:12
    73%

    12 Foreigners, the most ruthless of nations, cut it down and abandoned it. Its branches fell on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs were broken in all the ravines of the earth, and all the nations of the earth left its shade.

  • Isa 6:12
    73%

    12 The LORD will drive the people far away, and the abandonment in the land will be great.

  • Isa 10:18
    73%

    18 The glory of his forest and his fruitful fields will be consumed, both soul and body. It will be as when a sick man wastes away.

  • Isa 24:13
    73%

    13 So it will be in the midst of the earth among the nations, like the shaking of an olive tree, as gleanings after the grape harvest is over.

  • Isa 27:10
    73%

    10 The fortified city is desolate, a desert place, abandoned and forsaken like the wilderness. There, calves will graze, lie down, and strip its branches bare.

  • Isa 1:29-30
    2 verses
    73%

    29 You will be ashamed because of the terebinths that you desired, and you will blush because of the gardens you have chosen.

    30 For you will be like a terebinth whose leaves wither, and like a garden without water.

  • Isa 33:10
    73%

    10 "Now I will arise," says the LORD. "Now I will be exalted; now I will lift myself up."

  • Isa 17:9
    73%

    9 In that day, their strong cities will be like the forsaken places of the wooded heights and hilltops that were abandoned because of the Israelites, and there will be desolation.

  • Amos 8:8
    73%

    8 Shall not the land tremble on account of this, and all who live in it mourn? The whole land will rise like the Nile; it will be tossed about and then sink again like the Nile of Egypt.

  • Mic 7:13
    73%

    13 The land will become desolate because of its inhabitants, due to the fruit of their deeds.

  • Isa 28:4
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    4 The fading flower of its glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fertile valley, will be like an early fig before the summer harvest—when someone sees it, they quickly swallow it while it is still in their hand.

  • Isa 29:17
    72%

    17 Isn’t it yet a very little while before Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field considered as a forest?

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    72%

    17 In all the vineyards there will be wailing, for I will pass through your midst—this is what the Lord has declared.

  • Isa 10:34
    72%

    34 He will cut down the thickets of the forest with an axe, and Lebanon will fall by the Mighty One.

  • Isa 5:6
    72%

    6 I will make it a wasteland; it will neither be pruned nor hoed, and briers and thorns will grow there. I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.