7. Behold, their valiant ones cry without; the ambassadors of peace weep bitterly.
8. The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceases. The enemy has broken the covenant, he has despised the cities and the witnesses, he regards no man.
9. The land mourns and languishes, Lebanon is confounded and [its luxuriant verdure] withers away; Sharon [a fertile pasture region south of Mount Carmel] is like a desert, and Bashan [a broad, fertile plateau east of the Jordan River] and [Mount] Carmel shake off their leaves.
10. Now will I arise, says the Lord. Now will I lift up Myself; now will I be exalted.
11. You conceive chaff, you bring forth stubble; your breath is a fire that consumes you.