The landmourns[and] pinesaway,Lebanonis shamed[and] withers;Sharonis like a desertplain,And Bashanand Carmellose[their foliage].
"He will dropoffhis unripegrapelike the vine,And will castoffhis flowerlike the olivetree.
"I am the roseof Sharon,The lilyof the valleys."
He will cutdownthe thicketsof the forestwith an iron[axe], And Lebanonwill fallby the MightyOne.
"Eventhe cypresstreesrejoiceover you, [and] the cedarsof Lebanon,[saying], 'Sinceyou were laidlow,no[tree] cuttercomesup againstus.'
And [it will be] againstallthe cedarsof Lebanonthat are loftyand liftedup, Againstallthe oaksof Bashan,
Behold,the LORDlaysthe earthwaste,devastatesit, distortsits surfaceand scattersits inhabitants.
I will bringdistressto Ariel,And she will be [a city of] lamentingand mourning;And she will be like an Arielto me.
And her gateswill lamentand mourn,And desertedshe will siton the ground.
It will blossomprofuselyAnd rejoicewith rejoicingand shoutof joy.The gloryof Lebanonwill be givento it, The majestyof Carmeland Sharon.They will seethe gloryof the LORD,The majestyof our God.
"Throughyour servantsyou have reproachedthe Lord,And you have said,'With my manychariotsI cameup to the heightsof the mountains,To the remotestpartsof Lebanon;And I cutdownits tallcedars[and] its choicecypresses.And I will goto its highestpeak,its thickestforest.
"Sharonwill be a pasturelandfor flocks,And the valleyof Achora restingplacefor herds,For My peoplewhoseekMe.
And I will bringIsraelbackto his pastureand he will grazeon Carmeland Bashan,and his desirewill be satisfiedin the hillcountryof Ephraimand Gilead.
Thereforethe landmourns,And everyonewho livesin it languishesAlong with the beastsof the fieldand the birdsof the sky,And alsothe fishof the seadisappear.
He said,"The LORDroarsfrom ZionAnd from JerusalemHe uttersHis voice;And the shepherds'pasturegroundsmourn,And the summitof Carmeldriesup."
ShepherdYour peoplewith Your scepter,The flockof Your possessionWhich dwellsby itselfin the woodland,In the midstof a fruitfulfield.Let them feedin Bashanand GileadAs in the daysof old.
He rebukesthe seaand makesit dry;He driesup allthe rivers.Bashanand Carmelwither;The blossomsof Lebanonwither.
And allwho livedat Lyddaand Sharonsawhim, and they turnedto the Lord.
"We capturedallhis citiesat that time;there was not a citywhichwe did not takefrom them: sixtycities,allthe regionof Argob,the kingdomof Ogin Bashan.
