Isaiah 29:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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? ”

Isaiah 29:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Is it not yet a very little while - The idea here is, ‘you have greatly perverted things in Jerusalem. The time is at hand when there shall be “other” overturnings - when the wicked shall be cut...
Isaiah 29:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

[Is] it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be (p) turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest? (p) Will there not be a change of all things? Carmel...
Isaiah 29:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

17. Is it not yet a little while? The Lord now declares that he will make those wicked men to know who they are; as if he had said, “You are now asleep in your pride, but I shall speedily aw...
Isaiah 29:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 901 THE MILLENNIAL PERIOD FAST APPROACHING 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 esteeme...
Isaiah 29:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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? And Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field "Ere Le...
Isaiah 29:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Is it not yet a very little while, &c.— The prophet here proceeds to set forth this spiritual judgment upon the greater part of the Jewish nation obliquely, by foretelling the call of the Genti...
Isaiah 29:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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? Lebanon shall be turned - As contrasted with your '...
Isaiah 29:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Warnings to Judah These Chapter s refer to the state of affairs during the reign of Hezekiah, when Palestine was threatened by Assyria, and an influential party in Judah favoured resistance, relyi...
Isaiah 29:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Is it not yet a very little while...? — The image of the potter does not suggest to Isaiah the thought of an arbitrary sovereignty, but of a love which will in the long run fulfil itself. He paints...
Isaiah 29:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 3 ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS 705-702 B.C. Isaiah: 29 About 703 30 A little later 31 A little later 32:1-8 Later 32:9-20 Date uncertain ---------...
Isaiah 29:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is the first of a series of declamations concerning the chosen people, and sets forth the purpose of Jehovah in judgment. The message opens with a description of the judgment (verses Isa 29:1-4)...
Isaiah 29:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Here the Lord comes in with sweet promises, for the Lord still favors his people, and will have mercy upon Israel. Hence, therefore, here are blessings of fruitfulness promised; blind eyes are to be...
Isaiah 29:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[Is] it not yet a very little while ,.... In a short space of time, in a few years, what follows would come to pass; when there would be a strange change and alteration made in the world, and by whi...
Isaiah 29:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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? Ver. 17. Is it yet not a very little wh...
Isaiah 29:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Is it not a very little while , &c. The following paragraph, to the end of the chapter, relates to the times of the gospel; the prophet foretelling therein, in figurative language, the rejection...
Isaiah 29:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Promises to Israel; Character of Persecutors; Promises of Jacob. B. C. 725. 17 Is it...
Isaiah 29:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The forest of Lebanon, which was a barren mountain and a desolate wilderness, shall by God's wonderful providence become a fruitful and populous place; and these places, which are now fruitful and po...
Isaiah 29:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Third Woe: Against Those Who Seek To Hide What They Do From God, But Yahweh Will Triumph In Spite Of It ( Isaiah 29:15-24 ). Analysis. a Woe to those who seek deep, to hide their counsel from...
Isaiah 29:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 29:1 . Woe to Ariel, the lion of God, or the strong lion, for El is often rendered strong or rock, as in Psalms 42:9 . “God my rock.” The city of Jerusalem was that strong rock, or s...
Isaiah 29:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field The fruitful field and the forest The comparison is evidently not between the high and the low, but between the cultivated and the wild, the field...
Isaiah 29:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 29:1-23 A WARNING TO JERUSALEM . Expostulation is followed by threats. The prophet is aware that all his preaching to the authorities in Jerusalem ( Isaiah 28:14-23 )...
Isaiah 29:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Counsel of God
Isaiah 29:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 20:46 ; Ezekiel 20:47 ; Habakkuk 2:3 ; Haggai 2:6 ; Hebrews 10:37 ; Hosea 1:10 ; Hosea 1:9 ; Hosea 3:4 ; Isaiah 32:15 ; Isaiah 35:1 ; Isaiah 35:2 ; Isaiah 41:19 ; Isaiah 49:5 ;...
Isaiah 29:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As a forest — The forest of Lebanon, which was a barren mountain, shall by God's providence, become a fruitful and populous place; and these places which are now fruitful and populous, shall then b...

Isaiah 29:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Isaiah 29:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 29:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 29:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 29:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 29:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 29:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 29:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 29:17 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 29:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 29:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 29:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 29:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes