Isaiah 29:17

Is it not yet a very little while, 1 and Levanon shall be turned into a carmel, 1 and the carmel shall be esteemed as a ya'ar (forest)? 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?

In Context

16Surely you have things turned around. 1 Shall the Yotzer be esteemed as equal with the khomer (clay); 1 for shall the ma'aseh say of him that made it, 1 He made me not? 1 Or shall the thing formed say of Him that formed it, 1 He had no understanding? 1

18And in that day shall the chereshim (deaf persons) 1 hear the devarim of the sefer, 1 and the eynayim of the ivrim 1 shall see out of obscurity, and out of choshech. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 84:6Ashrei is the adam whose oz (strength) is in Thee; 1 in whose lev are their highways [to Tziyon]. + 84:6 see Ps 84:7 [8] 1

Psalms 107:35He turneth the midbar into an agam (pool, lake) of mayim, 1 and dry ground into springs of water. 1

Isaiah 32:15Until the Ruach + 32:15 Hakodesh be poured 1 upon us from on high, 1 and the midbar become a carmel (fruitful field), 1 and the carmel become a ya'ar (forest). 1

Isaiah 41:19I will plant in the midbar the cedar, 1 the acacia, and the myrtle, and the etz shemen; 1 I will set in the Aravah the cypress, 1 and the fir, and the box tree together; 1

Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thornbush shall come up the cypress, 1 and instead of the sirpad (nettle, prickly herb) shall come up the myrtle; 1 and it shall be to Hashem for a Shem, 1 for an ot olam lo yikaret (everlasting sign that shall not be cut off). + 55:13 See Dan 9:26

Isaiah 65:12Therefore will I destine you for the cherev, 1 and ye shall all bow down to the slaughtering place; 1 because when I called, ye did not answer; 1 when I spoke, ye did not hear; 1 but did the rah before Mine eyes, 1 and did choose that wherein I delighted not. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 29:10-17

Threatenings against Judah. ( b. c. 725.) 9 Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink. 10 For the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep sleep, and hath closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers hath he covered. 11 And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is… Read the whole commentary →

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