17 Is it not yet a very little while
Till ^aLebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
And the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest? ‡

18 ^aIn that day the deaf shall hear the words of the book,
And the eyes of the blind shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness. ‡

20 For the¹ terrible one is brought to nothing,
^aThe scornful one is consumed,
And all who ^bwatch for iniquity are cut off— ‡

21 Who make a man an offender by a word,
And ^alay a snare for him who reproves in the gate,
And turn aside the just ^bby empty words.  ‡