Isaiah 29:17

Isaiah 29:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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?
• New International Version (NIV)In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile field and the fertile field seem like a forest?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Is it not yet a very little while Till Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest?

Context of Isaiah 29:17

15Woe to those who go to great lengths to hide their plans from the Lord. They do their works in the dark, and say, “Who sees us? Who knows us?” 16You have turned things around, as if the potter were the same as the clay. How can what is made say about its maker, “He didn’t make me”? How can what is formed say about the one who formed it, “He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”? Isn’t it true that in just a little while Lebanon will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest? 18On that day the deaf will hear the words of a document, and out of a deep darkness the eyes of the blind will see. 19The humble will have joy after joy in the Lord, and the poor people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 29:17 word by word

הֲלוֹא־עוֹד֙ מְעַ֣ט מִזְעָ֔ר וְשָׁ֥ב לְבָנ֖וֹן לַכַּרְמֶ֑ל וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל לַיַּ֥עַר יֵחָשֵֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• it not yet a veryמִזְעָרmiz‛âr · littleH4213
• little whileמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• and Lebanonלְבָנוֹןlebânôn · LebanonH3844
• shall be turnedשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• into a fruitful fieldכַּרְמֶלkarmel · plantationH3759
• shall be esteemedחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
• as a forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293

Cross-references for Isaiah 29:17

• Isaiah 63:18Your holy people had a possession for a little while, but our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.
• Habakkuk 2:3For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late.
• Haggai 2:6For the Lord of Armies says this: “Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
• Hebrews 10:37For yet in a very little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.
• Isaiah 32:15until the Spirit from on high is poured out on us. Then the desert will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
• Isaiah 35:1The wilderness and the dry land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a wildflower.
• Isaiah 41:19I will plant cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees in the wilderness. I will put juniper, elm, and cypress trees together in the desert,
• Isaiah 49:5And now, says the Lord, who formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him so that Israel might be gathered to him; for I am honored in the sight of the Lord, and my God is my strength —
• Isaiah 55:13Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will come up, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will come up; this will stand as a monument for the Lord, an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.
• Isaiah 65:12I will destine you for the sword, and all of you will kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not hear; you did what was evil in my sight and chose what I did not delight in.”
• Hosea 1:9Then the Lord said: Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not my people, and I will not be your God.
• Matthew 19:30But many who are first will be last, and the last first.
• Matthew 21:43Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.
• Romans 11:11I ask, then, have they stumbled so as to fall? Absolutely not! On the contrary, by their transgression, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
• Isaiah 5:6I will make it a wasteland. It will not be pruned or weeded; thorns and briers will grow up. I will also give orders to the clouds that rain should not fall on it.
• Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, face the south and preach against it. Prophesy against the forest land in the Negev,

Commentaries on Isaiah 29:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17And Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field "Ere Lebanon become like Carmel" - A mashal, or proverbial saying, expressing any great revolution of things; and, when respecting two subjects, an entire reciprocal change: explained here by some interpreters, I think with great probability, as having its principal view beyond the revolutions then near at hand, to the rejection of the Jews, and the calling of the Gentiles. The first were the vineyard of…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17Is it not yet a very little while - The idea here is, you have greatly perverted things in Jerusalem. The time is at hand when there shall be “other” overturnings - when the wicked shall be cut off, and when there shall be poured out upon the nation such judgments that the deaf shall hear, and the blind see, and when those who have erred in spirit shall come to understanding‘ Isaiah 29:18-24. And Lebanon shall be tutored into a fruitful field - This is…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-24Verses 17-24 The wonderful change here foretold, may refer to the affairs of Judah, though it looks further. When a great harvest of souls was gathered to Christ from among the Gentiles, then the wilderness was turned into a fruitful field; and the Jewish church, that had long been a fruitful field, became as a deserted forest. Those who, when in trouble, can truly rejoice in God, shall soon have cause greatly to rejoice in him. The grace of meekness…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 17The forests of Lebanon usually picture rich and healthy growth (see Isaiah 2:13; 14:8). They are often a symbol of strength and beauty. But here, the forests represent destruction and emptiness. Instead of life and growth, they show ruin and loss.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. turned--as contrasted with your "turnings of things upside down" (Is 29:16), there shall be other and better turnings or revolutions; the outpouring of the Spirit in the latter days (Is 32:15); first on the Jews; which shall be followed by their national restoration (see on Is 29:2; Zec 12:10) then on the Gentiles (Joe 2:28). fruitful field--literally, "a Carmel" (see on Is 10:18). The moral change in the Jewish nation shall be as great as if the…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Isaiah 29

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings