Isaiah 29:17
ContextNET © | In just a very short time 1 Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest. 2 |
NIV © | In a very short time, will not Lebanon be turned into a fertile field and the fertile field seem like a forest? |
NASB © | Is it not yet just a little while Before Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field, And the fertile field will be considered as a forest? |
NLT © | Soon––and it will not be very long––the wilderness of Lebanon will be a fertile field once again. And the fertile fields will become a lush and fertile forest. |
MSG © | And then before you know it, and without you having anything to do with it, Wasted Lebanon will be transformed into lush gardens, and Mount Carmel reforested. |
BBE © | In a very short time Lebanon will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will seem like a wood. |
NRSV © | Shall not Lebanon in a very little while become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be regarded as a forest? |
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? |
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NET © | In just a very short time 1 Lebanon will turn into an orchard, and the orchard will be considered a forest. 2 |
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1 tn The Hebrew text phrases this as a rhetorical question, “Is it not yet a little, a short [time]?” 2 sn The meaning of this verse is debated, but it seems to depict a reversal in fortunes. The mighty forest of Lebanon (symbolic of the proud and powerful, see 2:13; 10:34) will be changed into a common orchard, while the common orchard (symbolic of the oppressed and lowly) will grow into a great forest. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:538. |