Isaiah 29:17
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?
KJV
Nonne adhuc in modico et in brevi convertetur Libanus in carmel, et carmel in saltum reputabitur ?
Vulgate
οὐκέτι μικρὸν καὶ μετατεθήσεται ὁ Λίβανος ὡς τὸ ὄρος τὸ Χερμέλ, καὶ τὸ Χερμὲλ εἰς δρυμὸν λογισθήσεται.
LXX
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?
ASV
הֲ/לוֹא עוֹד֙ מְעַ֣ט מִזְעָ֔ר וְ/שָׁ֥ב לְבָנ֖וֹן לַ/כַּרְמֶ֑ל וְ/הַ/כַּרְמֶ֖ל לַ/יַּ֥עַר יֵחָשֵֽׁב
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 2Chr 26:10 — Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for h
- Hag 2:6 — For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;
- Heb 10:37 — For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
- Isa 32:15 — Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
- Isa 32:15 — Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
- Isa 35:1 — The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.
- Matt 19:30 — But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.