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Isaiah 29:17
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15 aWoe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the Lord,
And their works are in the dark;
bThey say, “Who sees us?” and, “Who knows us?” 
16 Surely you have things turned around!
Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay;
For shall the athing made say of him who made it,
“He did not make me”?
Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it,
“He has no understanding”? 

Future Recovery of Wisdom

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. 
19 aThe humble also shall increase their joy in the Lord,
And bthe poor among men shall rejoice
In the Holy One of Israel. 
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.  
22 Therefore thus says the Lord, awho redeemed Abraham, concerning the house of Jacob:
“Jacob shall not now be bashamed,
Nor shall his face now grow pale; 
23 But when he sees his children,
aThe work of My hands, in his midst,
They will hallow My name,
And hallow the Holy One of Jacob,
And fear the God of Israel. 
24 These also awho erred in spirit will come to understanding,
And those who complained will learn doctrine.” 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 29:17

turned—as contrasted with your "turnings of things upside down" (Isaiah 29:16), there shall be other and better turnings or revolutions; the outpouring of the Spirit in the latter days (Isaiah 32:15); first on the Jews; which shall be followed by their national restoration (see on Isaiah 29:2; Zechariah 12:10) then on the Gentiles (Joel 2:28).

fruitful field—literally, "a Carmel" (see on Isaiah 10:18). The moral change in the Jewish nation shall be as great as if the wooded Lebanon were to become a fruitful field, and vice versa. Compare Matthew 11:12, Greek: "the kingdom of heaven forces itself," as it were, on man's acceptance; instead of men having to seek Messiah, as they had John, in a desert, He presents Himself before them with loving invitations; thus men's hearts, once a moral desert, are reclaimed so as to bear fruits of righteousness: vice versa, the ungodly who seemed prosperous, both in the moral and literal sense, shall be exhibited in their real barrenness.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 29:17:

Isaiah 29:2
Isaiah 29:22
Isaiah 32:15
Isaiah 37:24

 

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