Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
See ye not that it is hard at hand, that Lebanon shall be turned into a low field, and that the low field shall be as the wood?
New American Standard Bible
And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?
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?
Holman Bible
Lebanon will become an orchard,
and the orchard will seem like a forest?
International Standard Version
"In a very little while, will not Lebanon be turned into a garden of fruit, and the garden of fruit seem like a forest?
A Conservative 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?
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?
Amplified
Is it not yet a very little while
Until Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field,
And the fertile field regarded as a forest?
Bible in Basic English
In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood.
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?
Julia Smith Translation
Is it not yet a very little and Lebanon turned back to Carmel, and Carmel shall be reckoned for a forest?
King James 2000
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?
Lexham Expanded Bible
{In a very little while} shall not Lebanon change into fruitful land, and the fruitful land be regarded as forest?
Modern King James verseion
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be counted as a forest?
NET Bible
In just a very short time Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest.
New Heart 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?
The Emphasized Bible
Is it not yet a very little while, And Lebanon shall be turned, into garden land, - And garden land, for a forest, be reckoned?
Webster
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?
Youngs 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?
Themes
Forests » Illustrative » (a fruitful field turned into,) of the jews rejected by God
Isaiah » Prophecies, reproofs, and exhortations of » Denounces the hypocrisy of the jews
Interlinear
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Karmel
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References
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Isaiah 29:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessing After Punishment
16 Doubtless, your destruction is, in reputation, as the potter's clay. And doth the work say of him that made it, "He made me not?" And doth an earthen vessel say of the potter, "He understandeth not?" 17 See ye not that it is hard at hand, that Lebanon shall be turned into a low field, and that the low field shall be as the wood? 18 And in that day, shall deaf men hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see, even out of the cloud and out of darkness.
Cross References
Isaiah 32:15
Unto the time that the spirit be poured upon us from above. Then shall the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the plenteous field shall be reckoned for a wood.
Psalm 84:6
who going through the vale of misery use it for a well; and the pools are filled with water.
Psalm 107:33
which turneth floods into dry land, and drieth up the watersprings!
Psalm 107:35
Again, he maketh the wilderness a standing water, and watersprings of a dry ground.
Isaiah 5:6
I will lay it waste, that it shall neither be twisted nor cut, but bear thorns and briers. I will also forbid the clouds, that they shall not rain upon it.
Isaiah 35:1-2
But the desert and wilderness shall rejoice, the waste ground shall be glad, and flourish as the lily.
Isaiah 41:19
I plant in the waste ground trees of Cedar, Box, Mire and Olives. And in the dry I set Fir trees, Elms, and Hawthorns together.
Isaiah 49:5-6
And now saith the LORD that formed me in the womb, to be his servant and to turn Jacob unto him,
Isaiah 55:13
For thorns, there shall grow Fir trees, and the Myrtle tree in the stead of briers. And this shall be done to the praise of the LORD, and for an everlasting token, that shall not be taken away.
Isaiah 63:18
Thy people hath had but little of thy Sanctuary in possession, for our enemies have taken it in:
Isaiah 65:12-16
Therefore will I number you with the sword, that ye shall be destroyed all together. For when I called, no man gave me answer: when I spake, ye hearkened not unto me, but did wickedness before mine eyes, and chose the thing that pleased me not.
Ezekiel 20:46-47
"Thou son of man, set thy face toward the south, and speak to the south wind,
Hosea 1:9-10
Then said he, "Call his name Loammi. For why? Ye are not my people, therefore will I not be yours.
Hosea 3:4
Thus the children of Israel shall sit a great while without king and prince, without offering and alter, without priest and revelation.
Micah 3:12
Therefore shall Zion, for your sakes, be plowed like a field: Jerusalem shall become a heap of stones, and the hill of the temple shall be turned to a high wood.
Habakkuk 2:3
for the vision is yet far off for a time, but at the last it shall come to pass, and not fail. And though he tarry, yet wait thou for him, for in very deed he will come, and not be slack.
Haggai 2:6
For thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts: yet once more will I shake heaven and earth, the sea, and the dry land:
Zechariah 11:1-2
Open thy doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume thy cedar trees.
Matthew 19:30
Many that are first, shall be last; and the last shall be first.
Matthew 21:18-19
In the morning as he returned into the city again, he hungered,
Matthew 21:43
Therefore say I unto you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to the Gentiles, which shall bring forth the fruits of it.
Romans 11:11-17
I say then, Have they therefore stumbled that they should but fall only? God forbid: but through their fall is salvation happened unto the gentiles for to provoke them withal.
Romans 11:19-27
Thou wilt say then, "The branches are broken off, that I might be graft in."
Hebrews 10:37
For yet a very little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry: