Isaiah 29:17 “In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orch…”

Isaiah 29:17

In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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?

World English Bible

Isn’t it yet a very little while, and Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field will be regarded as a forest?

American Standard 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?

Geneva Bible 1599

Is it not yet but a litle while, and Lebanon shall be turned into Carmel? and Carmel shall be counted as a forest?

Darby Translation

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?

Young's Literal Translation

Is it not yet a very little, And turned hath Lebanon to a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned?

Bible in Basic English

In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.

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Cross references

“yet a very”

Hebrews 10:37 Isaiah 63:18 Habakkuk 2:3 Haggai 2:6

Hebrews 10:37 · BSB

For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.

Isaiah 63:18 · BSB

For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.

Habakkuk 2:3 · BSB

For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end and does not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and will not delay.

Haggai 2:6 · BSB

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

“Lebanon”

Isaiah 32:15 Matthew 19:30 Isaiah 41:19 Isaiah 55:13 Isaiah 65:12–16 Romans 11:11–17

Isaiah 32:15 · BSB

until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Matthew 19:30 · BSB

But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Isaiah 41:19 · BSB

I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,

Isaiah 55:13 · BSB

Instead of the thornbush, the cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, the myrtle will spring up; this will make a name for the LORD, an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed.”

Isaiah 65:12–16 · BSB

I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight…

Romans 11:11–17 · BSB

I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.

“the fruitful”

Isaiah 5:6 Hosea 3:4 Micah 3:12 Romans 11:19–27 Ezekiel 20:46 Ezekiel 20:47

Isaiah 5:6 · BSB

I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”

Hosea 3:4 · BSB

For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

Micah 3:12 · BSB

Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Romans 11:19–27 · BSB

You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in.”

Ezekiel 20:46 · BSB

“Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.

Ezekiel 20:47 · BSB

Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched…

Also

Psalm 107:35 Psalm 107:33 Psalm 84:6

Psalm 107:35 · BSB

He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.

Psalm 107:33 · BSB

He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

Psalm 84:6 · BSB

As they pass through the Valley of Baca, they make it a place of springs; even the autumn rain covers it with pools.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

16You have turned things upside down, as if the potter were regarded as clay. Shall what is formed say to him who formed it, “He did not make me”? Can the pottery say of the potter, “He has no understanding”?

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

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