Isaiah 29:17

In just a little while, 1 Lebanon will be turned into a field, and the field will become a forest. 1

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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

16You turn things upside down! Should the potter be considered like clay, 1 so that the thing that is made should say about him who made it, “He did not make me,” 1 or the thing formed say about him who formed it, “He does not understand”? 1

18On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book, 1 and the eyes of the blind will see out of the deep darkness. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 84:6Passing through the Valley of Tears, they find springs of water to drink. 1 The early rains cover it with blessings. + 84:6 Some versions have with pools of water . 1

Psalms 107:35He turns the wilderness into a pool of water 1 and dry land into springs of water. 1

Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, 1 and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered as a forest. 1

Isaiah 41:19In the wilderness I will set the cedar, the acacia, and the myrtle, and the olive tree. 1 I will set the cypress in the desert plain, with the pines and the cypress box trees. 1

Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thornbushes, the cypress will grow; and instead of the brier, the myrtle tree will grow, 1 and it will be for Yahweh, for his name, as an everlasting sign that will not be cut off.”

Isaiah 65:12I will appoint you for the sword, and you will all bow down to the slaughter, 1 because when I called, you did not answer; when I spoke, you did not listen. 1 But you did what was evil in my sight and and chose to do what displeases me.” 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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