Yesaya 15:6

15:6 For the waters of Nimrim are gone; ¹ 

the grass is dried up,

the vegetation has disappeared,

and there are no plants.

Yesaya 33:9

33:9 The land ²  dries up ³  and withers away;

the forest of Lebanon shrivels up ⁴  and decays.

Sharon ⁵  is like the desert; ⁶ 

Bashan and Carmel ⁷  are parched. ⁸ 

[15:6]  ¹ tn Heb “are waste places”; cf. NRSV “are a desolation.”

[33:9]  ² tn Or “earth” (KJV); NAB “the country.”

[33:9]  ³ 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]  ⁴ 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]  ⁵ sn Sharon was a fertile plain along the Mediterranean coast. See 35:2.

[33:9]  ⁶ tn Or “the Arabah” (NIV). See 35:1.

[33:9]  ⁷ sn Both of these areas were known for their trees and vegetation. See 2:13; 35:2.

[33:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “shake off [their leaves]” (so ASV, NRSV); NAB “are stripped bare.”