Ezra 3:7

Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple

3:7 So they provided money ¹  for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon ²  and Tyre, ³  so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport ⁴  at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.

Yesaya 33:9

33:9 The land ⁵  dries up ⁶  and withers away;

the forest of Lebanon shrivels up ⁷  and decays.

Sharon ⁸  is like the desert; ⁹ 

Bashan and Carmel ¹⁰  are parched. ¹¹ 

[3:7]  ¹ tn Heb “silver.”

[3:7]  ² map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ³ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “to the sea”

[33:9]  ⁵ tn Or “earth” (KJV); NAB “the country.”

[33:9]  ⁶ 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]  ⁷ 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]  ⁸ sn Sharon was a fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast. See 35:2.

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

[33:9]  ¹⁰ sn Both of these areas were known for their trees and vegetation. See 2:13; 35:2.

[33:9]  ¹¹ tn Heb “shake off [their leaves]” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB “are stripped bare.”