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The land itself, like a new widow, grieves and wastes away.
    Lush Lebanon decays, once-rose-covered Sharon looks like a desert,
And the tree-topped mountains of Bashan and Carmel
    are completely denuded.

10 Eternal One: Now’s the time for action. I will arise.
        People will esteem Me and recognize My greatness.
11     For you have produced nothing but chaff and worthless stubble.
        Your breath is a fire that will sweep back and consume you.

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The land dries up(A) and wastes away,
    Lebanon(B) is ashamed and withers;(C)
Sharon(D) is like the Arabah,
    and Bashan(E) and Carmel(F) drop their leaves.

10 “Now will I arise,(G)” says the Lord.
    “Now will I be exalted;(H)
    now will I be lifted up.
11 You conceive(I) chaff,
    you give birth(J) to straw;
    your breath is a fire(K) that consumes you.

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