OET interlinear ISA 33:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

אָבַ֤ל אֻמְלְלָה֙ אָ֔רֶץ

mourns languishes land

Isaiah speaks of the land as if it were a living thing that could mourn and be enfeebled. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The land has become barren and withered]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אֻמְלְלָה֙

languishes

The expression it is enfeebled is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [it grows weak]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

הֶחְפִּ֥יר לְבָנ֖וֹן קָמַ֑ל

confounded Ləⱱānōn withers

Isaiah speaks of Lebanon as if it were a living thing that could display disgrace and wither. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Lebanon is not producing trees; they go wild]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

הֶחְפִּ֥יר

confounded

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of disgrace, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [is put to shame]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

הָיָ֤ה הַ⁠שָּׁרוֹן֙ כָּֽ⁠עֲרָבָ֔ה

it_became (the),Sharon like_(the),plain

The point of this comparison is that just as the Arabah is dry and barren, so fertile Sharon has become desolate. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [Sharon has become as dry and barren as the Arabah]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

וְ⁠נֹעֵ֥ר בָּשָׁ֖ן וְ⁠כַרְמֶֽל

and_[is],shaking_off Bāshān and,Carmel

Isaiah speaks of Bashan and Carmel as if they were living things that could be shaking off their foliage. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and Bashan and Carmel are losing their foliage]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠נֹעֵ֥ר בָּשָׁ֖ן וְ⁠כַרְמֶֽל

and_[is],shaking_off Bāshān and,Carmel

Isaiah assumes that readers will know that Bashan and Carmel are very fertile areas. You could say that explicitly if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [and Bashan and Carmel are losing their foliage]