Isaiah 29:17

NET ©

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?

KJV
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NET © [draft] ITL
In just a very
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short time
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Lebanon
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will turn into
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an orchard
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NET © Notes

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.