Isaiah 19:6

19:6 The canals ¹  will stink; ² 

the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up;

the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

Isaiah 33:9

33:9 The land ³  dries up ⁴  and withers away;

the forest of Lebanon shrivels up ⁵  and decays.

Sharon ⁶  is like the desert; ⁷ 

Bashan and Carmel ⁸  are parched. ⁹ 

[19:6]  ¹ tn Heb “rivers” (so KJV, ASV); NAB, CEV “streams”; TEV “channels.”

[19:6]  ² tn The verb form appears as a Hiphil in the Qumran scroll 1QIsa^a; the form in MT may be a so-called “mixed form,” reflecting the Hebrew Hiphil stem and the functionally corresponding Aramaic Aphel stem. See HALOT 276 s.v. I זנח.

[33:9]  ³ tn Or “earth” (KJV); NAB “the country.”

[33:9]  ⁴ tn Or “mourns” (BDB 5 s.v. I אָבַל). HALOT 6-7 lists homonyms I אבל (“mourn”) and II אבל (“dry up”). They propose the second here on the basis of parallelism. See 24:4.

[33:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “Lebanon is ashamed.” The Hiphil is exhibitive, expressing the idea, “exhibits shame.” In this context the statement alludes to the withering of vegetation.

[33:9]  ⁶ sn Sharon was a fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast. See 35:2.

[33:9]  ⁷ tn Or “the Arabah” (NIV). See 35:1.

[33:9]  ⁸ sn Both of these areas were known for their trees and vegetation. See 2:13; 35:2.

[33:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “shake off [their leaves]” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB “are stripped bare.”