... for the future contrasts with the hardship of the present. The word for brave men comes only here, but it looks very like the word Ariel (29:1). It is these brave men and not just the powerless who cry (see, e.g., 5:7) because of what they see and ... Carmel in 29:17 (NIV “fertile field”), Carmel and desert (cf. Arabah here) in 32:15–16, forest in 29:17 and 32:15 (cf. Sharon here). The trees dropping their leaves or fruit recalls 32:10. As a whole, verse 9 thus repeats 32:9–14 and restates the need for ...
