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Look! Their heroes cry out in the street;
    the messengers of peace weep bitterly.
Highways are deserted;
    the traveler on the road ceases.
One breaks a treaty,
    he rejects the cities,[a]
    he does not hold man in high regard.
The land mourns; it languishes.
    Lebanon feels abashed; it withers.
Sharon is like the desert,
    and Bashan and Carmel are losing their leaves.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:8 A Dead Sea Scroll reads “witnesses”
  2. Isaiah 33:9 Literally “shaking off”

Look, their brave men(A) cry aloud in the streets;
    the envoys(B) of peace weep bitterly.
The highways are deserted,
    no travelers(C) are on the roads.(D)
The treaty is broken,(E)
    its witnesses[a] are despised,
    no one is respected.
The land dries up(F) and wastes away,
    Lebanon(G) is ashamed and withers;(H)
Sharon(I) is like the Arabah,
    and Bashan(J) and Carmel(K) drop their leaves.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 33:8 Dead Sea Scrolls; Masoretic Text / the cities