Isaiah 29:17-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Hope for the Future
17 Shall not Lebanon in a very little while
become a fruitful field
and the fruitful field be regarded as a forest?(A)
18 On that day the deaf shall hear
the words of a scroll,
and freed from gloom and darkness
the eyes of the blind shall see.(B)
19 The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,
and the neediest people shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.(C)
20 For the tyrant shall be no more,
and the scoffer shall cease to be;
all those alert to do evil shall be cut off—(D)
21 those who cause a person to lose a lawsuit,
who set a trap for the arbiter in the gate
and undermine justice for the one in the right.(E)
Isaiah 29:17-21
International Standard Version
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.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 29:17 Lit. into Carmel
- Isaiah 29:17 Lit. and Carmel
- Isaiah 29:21 Lit. in the gate
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