Isaías 29:17

17 Porventura dentro ainda de muito pouco tempo não se converterá o Líbano em campo fértil? e o campo fértil não se reputará por um bosque?

Isaías 29:17 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 29:17

[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 which it would appear, that the Lord not only knows, but foreknows, all things: and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field;
the forest of Lebanon should be as Carmel. The meaning is, that the Gentile world, which was like a forest uncultivated, and full of unfruitful trees, to which wicked men may be compared, should through the preaching of the Gospel be manured, become God's husbandry, and be like a fruitful field, abounding with people and churches, fruitful in grace and good works: and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
the people of the Jews, who once had the word and ordinances of God, and were a fruitful and flourishing people in religion; through their rejection of the Messiah, and contempt of his Gospel, should be deprived of all their privileges, and become like a forest or barren land: this was fulfilled, when the kingdom of God was taken from them, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it, ( Matthew 21:43 ) . See ( Isaiah 32:15 ) ( Isaiah 35:1 Isaiah 35:2 ) .

Isaías 29:17 In-Context

15 Ai dos que escondem profundamente o seu propósito do Senhor, e fazem as suas obras �s escuras, e dizem: Quem nos vê? e quem nos conhece?

16 Vós tudo perverteis! Acaso o oleiro há de ser reputado como barro, de modo que a obra diga do seu artífice: Ele não me fez; e o vaso formado diga de quem o formou: Ele não tem entendimento?

17 Porventura dentro ainda de muito pouco tempo não se converterá o Líbano em campo fértil? e o campo fértil não se reputará por um bosque?

18 Naquele dia os surdos ouvirão as palavras do livro, e dentre a escuridão e dentre as trevas os olhos dos cegos a verão.

19 E os mansos terão cada vez mais gozo no Senhor, e os pobres dentre os homens se alegrarão no santo de Israel.