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Isaiah 33:9

The earth mourneth and languisheth (cf. ch. Isaiah 24:4; Isaiah 24:7) in sympathy with the distress of God's people. It is the language of poetry. The "earth" is neither the whole world, nor merely the land of Palestine; its equivalent in modern parlance might be "Nature." The spots mentioned are those famous for their luxuriant vegetation, and the standing types of natural beauty and perennial verdure (cf. ch. Isaiah 35:2; Zechariah 11:2; Song of Solomon 7:4 f.). Instead of hewn downrender with R.V. withereth away. The verb "shake off" requires an object to be supplied, but "their leaves" (as in R.V.) is decidedly better than "their fruits."

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 33:9. _BASHAN AND CARMEL SHAKE OFF THEIR FRUITS _- "Bashan and Carmel are stripped of their beauty."] Φανερα εσται, _made_ _manifest. Sept_. They read ונערה _veneerah_....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE EARTH MOURNETH - The land through which he has passed. For the sense of this phrase, see the note at Isaiah 24:4. LEBANON IS ASHAMED AND HEWN DOWN - For the situation of Lebanon, see the note at I...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 33 Sixth Woe Against the Assyrian and What Is to Follow 1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 33:1)_ 2. _The prayer of the faithful remnant (Isaiah 33:2)_ 3. _The judgment executed (Isaiah 33:7)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 33. DENUNCIATION OF THE TREACHEROUS FOE. ZION'S EXTREMITY, YAHWEH'S OPPORTUNITY. If Isaiah's, the date is apparently 701, and the situation presupposed is Sennacherib's demand for unconditional...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    HEWN DOWN. withered. SHAKE OFF. Hebrew. _na'ar._. rare word. Occurs twice in the "former" portion (here, and Isaiah 33:15), and once in the "latter" portion (Isaiah 52:2). App-79....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    BEHOLD, THEIR VALIANT ONES— _Behold their valiant ones, they cry without: the ambassadors of peace, they weep bitterly._ Isaiah 33:8. _The highways lie desolate; the traveller ceaseth: he hath broken,...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. SUBJUGATION TEXT: Isaiah 33:1-12 1 Woe to thee that destroyest, and thou wast not destroyed; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! When thou hast ceased to destr...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    33:9 Sharon (e-12) See Note, 1 Chronicles 27:29 desert, (f-17) The _ Arabah_ . see Note b, Joshua 3:16 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-12. The deliverance of Jerusalem from the Invader. 13-24. The Consequences of the Interposition of Jehovah for those that dwell in the City....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE EARTH MOURNETH... — Lebanon, with its cedars, _the_ Sharon (as we say, _the_ Campagna), Bashan, with its oaks (Isaiah 2:13), Carmel, with its copse-wood, are the types of beauty and fertility, now...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    אָבַ֤ל אֻמְלְלָה֙ אָ֔רֶץ הֶחְפִּ֥יר לְבָנֹ֖ון קָמַ֑ל...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: (o) Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits]. (o) Which was a plentiful country, meaning,...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Confounded. Its trees were cut down, chap. xxxvii. 24._...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    If the Prophet be here speaking of general things, the whole will be suited to all times, in the Church. God's faithfulness is the same: the efficacy of Christ's blood and righteousness, the same: and...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9._The earth hath mourned and languished. _Here he describes more fully how wretched and desperate the Jews would perceive their condition to be, that their confidence might nevertheless come forth ou...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 AND 34. Chapter s 33, 34 announce the last two great acts of judgment. At the moment when God establishes Himself in Zion, and fills it with righteousness,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THE EARTH MOURNETH [AND] LANGUISHETH,.... All Christendom, being now under the power, dominion, and tyranny of antichrist, and the church's faithful witnesses slain, and a stop put to all Gospel minis...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The earth mourneth [and] languisheth: Lebanon is ashamed [and] hewn down: Sharon is like a wilderness; and Bashan and Carmel shake off [their fruits]. Ver. 9. _The earth mourneth and languisheth._] _...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Behold_, &c. That the mercy here promised might be duly appreciated and magnified, he gives a lively representation of the great danger and distress in which it found them. _Their valiant ones_ “Thre...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The earth mourneth and languisheth, on account of the wickedness committed on its surface and in consequence of the devastation wrought by the invading hordes. LEBANON IS ASHAMED AND HEWN DOWN, its mi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE PUNISHMENT STRIKES THE ADVERSARY...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    HEWEN DOWN: Or, withered away...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-14 Here we have the proud and false destroyer justly reckoned with for all his fraud and violence. The righteous God often pays sinners in their own coin. Those who by faith humbly wait for God, sh...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE EARTH MOURNETH, being desolate and neglected. LEBANON IS ASHAMED AND HEWN DOWN _by the Assyrians_. Or, as the word signifies, and is here rendered by others, _withereth or languisheth_, because it...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 33:9 earth H776 mourns H56 (H8804) languishes H535 (H8797) Lebanon H3844 shamed H2659 (H8689) shriveled...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    BEWAILING THE TREACHERY OF THE ENEMY (ISAIAH 33:7). Meanwhile the Assyrian advance continued. Yahweh had promised action, but had not yet acted. He was waiting above for the right time to arrive. All...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 33 THE SIXTH WOE AGAINST THOSE WHO DESPOIL OTHERS AND WHO ARE TREACHEROUS. The sixth woe seems in context to be directed against Assyria for some treacherous act. We can compare and contrast h...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The distress of Judah and Jerusalem because of coming woes. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The righteous God pays sinners in their own coin. When they have filled up the measure of their ini...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 33:1. _Woe to thee,_ thou spoiler, who hast not been spoiled; _AND THOU PLUNDERER, WHO HAST NOT BEEN PLUNDERED._ When thou hast ceased to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; When thou art weary of...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    GOD AVENGING HIS OWN ELECT Isaiah 33:7 _Behold, their valiant ones shall cry without, &c._ I. A PICTURE OF DESOLATION. The picture has two distinct points of interest— 1. _Man_ (Isaiah 33:7). Desola...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Mourneth — Being desolate and neglected. Hewn — By the Assyrians. Bashan — Two places eminent for fertility, are spoiled of their fruits....

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