¹⁷ “In a very little while,
    will not Lebanon be turned into a garden of fruit,^[a]
        and the garden of fruit^[b] seem like a forest?
¹⁸ On that day the deaf will hear
    the words of a scroll,
and out of gloom and darkness
    the eyes of the blind will see.
¹⁹ The humble will again experience joy in the Lord,
    and the poorest people will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.
²⁰ For the ruthless will vanish,
    and mockers will disappear,
        and all who have an eye for evil will be cut down—
²¹ those who make a person appear to be the offender in a lawsuit,
    who set a trap for someone
        who is making his defense in court,^[c]
and push aside the innocent
    with specious arguments.