Bible verse
The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
Isaiah 33:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Isaiah 33.
5 The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
6 He will be the sure foundation for your times, a storehouse of salvation, wisdom, and knowledge. The fear of the LORD is Zion’s treasure.
7 Behold, their valiant ones cry aloud in the streets; the envoys of peace weep bitterly.
8 The highways are deserted; travel has ceased. The treaty has been broken, the witnesses are despised, and human life is disregarded.
9 The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
10 “Now I will arise,” says the LORD. “Now I will lift Myself up. Now I will be exalted.
11 You conceive chaff; you give birth to stubble. Your breath is a fire that will consume you.
12 The peoples will be burned to ashes, like thorns cut down and set ablaze.
13 You who are far off, hear what I have done; you who are near, acknowledge My might.”
KJV
The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits].
ASV
The land mourneth and languisheth; Lebanon is confounded and withereth away; Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
ERV
The land mourneth and languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed and withereth away: Sharon is like a desert; and Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.
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