⁷ But then those in Ariel^[a] cried out in the streets;
    messengers of peace wept bitterly.
⁸ The highways were deserted;
    travelers left the road.
The covenant was broken;
    solemn pledges^[b] were rejected;
    no one cared for humanity.
⁹ The land mourned; it wasted away;
    Lebanon was ashamed; it withered.
Sharon became like the desert,
    and Bashan and Carmel were dropping their leaves.