King James Version
Isaiah 29:17 in the King James Version says “Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be es...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 29 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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?”
Isaiah 29:17 · KJV
Woe unto them that seek deep to hide their counsel from the LORD, and their works are in the dark, and they say, Who seeth us? and who knoweth us?
Surely your turning of things upside down shall be esteemed as the potter's clay: for shall the work say of him that made it, He made me not? or shall the thing framed say of him that framed it, He had no understanding?
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?
And in that day shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity, and out of darkness.
The meek also shall increase their joy in the LORD, and the poor among men shall rejoice in the Holy One of Israel. increase: Heb. add
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
“shall be turned”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
“and the fruitful field”
H3759a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce
“and the fruitful field”
H3759a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce
“as a forest”
H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
“shall be esteemed”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
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