⁸ 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.
⁹ 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.