Isaiah 29:17 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 29:17

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

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ASV

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?

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?

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 17). Will not Lebanon soon become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be regarded as a forest? Let the Jews and friends of simple history answer, those who seek fruit not on the tree, but only leaves and the shadow of words, which quickly wither and perish. How is it that in the coming of the Lord Savior (because from the time of Isaiah until the incarnation of the flesh, for the comparison of eternity, it is a short and small span of time) the mountain of Lebanon turned towards Phoenicia and moved to Mount Carmel?

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Is it not yet a very little while,.... In a short space of time, in a few years, what follows would come to pass; when there would be a strange change and alteration made in the world, and by which it would appear, that the Lord not only knows, but foreknows, all things: and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field; the forest of Lebanon should be as Carmel.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Is 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’ Isa 29:18-24. And Lebanon shall be tutored into a fruitful field - This is evidently a proverbial expression, denoting any great revolution of things.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲלוֹא־	ha.lo'-	¿ not	H3808 →
עוֹד֙	'Od	yet	H5750 →
מְעַ֣ט	me.'At	a little of	H4592 →
מִזְעָ֔ר	miz.'Ar	a little	H4213 →
וְשָׁ֥ב	ve.Shav	and it will turn	H7725 →
לְבָנ֖וֹן	le.va.Non	Lebanon	H3844 →
לַכַּרְמֶ֑ל	la.kar.Mel	into <the> orchard	H3759 →
וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל	ve.ha.kar.Mel	and the orchard	H3759 →
לַיַּ֥עַר	lai.Ya.'ar	to <the> forest	H3293 →
יֵחָשֵֽׁב׃	ye.cha.Shev	it will be considered	H2803 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Hebrews 10:37
For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.
leads to
- James 5:7–9
  Be patient, then, brothers, until the Lord’s coming. See how the farmer awaits the precious fruit of the soil—how patient he is for the fall and spring rains.
- Habakkuk 2:3–4
  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.
Through
Isaiah 32:15
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.
leads to
- Ezekiel 39:29
  And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
- Isaiah 44:3
  For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
- Titus 3:5–6
  He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.
Through
Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.
leads to
- Luke 13:30
  And indeed, some who are last will be first, and some who are first will be last.”
- Matthew 20:16
  So the last will be first, and the first will be last.”
Through
Haggai 2:6
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.
leads to
- Hebrews 12:26–28
  At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, “Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well.”

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06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

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About Isaiah