7 Listen! Their warriors cry loudly in the streets;

the messengers of peace weep bitterly.q

8 The highways are deserted;

travel has ceased.

An agreement has been broken,r

citiesC despised,

and human life disregarded.

9 The land mourns and withers;s

Lebanon is ashamed and wilted.

Sharon is like a desert;

Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves.