Verse 17

Isaiah 29:17

Bible in Basic English

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

Original Language Text

hebrew

הֲ/לוֹא עוֹד֙ מְעַ֣ט מִזְעָ֔ר וְ/שָׁ֥ב לְבָנ֖וֹן לַ/כַּרְמֶ֑ל וְ/הַ/כַּרְמֶ֖ל לַ/יַּ֥עַר יֵחָשֵֽׁב

English Translation

Is it not yet a little while until Lebanon returns to Carmel, and Carmel shall be considered as a forest?

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Chapter 29 Context

1 Ho! Ariel, Ariel, the town against which David made war; put year to year, let the feasts come round... Focus ↗

2 And I will send trouble on Ariel, and there will be weeping and cries of grief; and she will be to m... Focus ↗

3 And I will make war on you like David, and you will be shut in by earthworks, and I will make towers... Focus ↗

4 And you will be made low, and your voice will come out of the earth, and your words will be low out... Focus ↗

5 And the army of your attackers will be like small dust, and all the cruel ones like dry stems gone b... Focus ↗

6 The Lord of armies will come in with thunder and earth-shaking and great noise, with rushing wind an... Focus ↗

7 And all the nations making war on Ariel, and all those who are fighting against her and shutting her... Focus ↗

8 And it will be like a man desiring food, and dreaming that he is feasting; but when he is awake ther... Focus ↗

9 Be surprised and full of wonder; let your eyes be covered and be blind: be overcome, but not with wi... Focus ↗

10 For the Lord has sent on you a spirit of deep sleep; and by him your eyes, the prophets, are shut, a... Focus ↗

11 And the vision of all this has become to you like the words of a book which is shut, which men give... Focus ↗

12 And they give it to one without learning, saying, Make clear to us what is in the book: and he says,... Focus ↗

13 And the Lord said, because this people come near to me with their mouths, and give honour to me with... Focus ↗

14 For this cause I will again do a strange thing among this people, a thing to be wondered at: and the... Focus ↗

15 Cursed are those who go deep to keep their designs secret from the Lord, and whose works are in the... Focus ↗

16 You are turning things upside down! Is the wet earth the same to you as the one who is forming it? w... Focus ↗

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

18 And in that day those whose ears are stopped will be hearing the words of the book; and the eyes of... Focus ↗

19 And the poor will have their joy in the Lord increased, and those in need will be glad in the Holy O... Focus ↗

20 For the cruel one has come to nothing; and those who make sport of the Lord are gone; and those who... Focus ↗

21 Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions i... Focus ↗

22 For this reason the Lord, the saviour of Abraham, says about the family of Jacob, Jacob will not now... Focus ↗

23 But when they, the children of Jacob, see the work of my hands among them, they will give honour to... Focus ↗

24 Those whose hearts were turned away from him will get knowledge, and those who made an outcry agains... Focus ↗

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