Isaia 29:17

17 Non sarà il Libano fra ben poco tempo mutato in Carmel? e Carmel reputato come una selva?

Isaia 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 ) .

Isaia 29:17 In-Context

15 Guai a quelli che si nascondono profondamente dal Signore, per prender segreti consigli; e le cui opere son nelle tenebre; e che dicono: Chi ci vede, e chi ci scorge?

16 Oh vostra perversità! sarebbe il vasellaio reputato come l’argilla? l’opera direbbe ella del suo fattore: Egli non mi ha fatta? e la cosa formata direbbe ella del suo formatore: Egli non l’ha intesa?

17 Non sarà il Libano fra ben poco tempo mutato in Carmel? e Carmel reputato come una selva?

18 E in quel giorno i sordi udiranno le parole del libro, e gli occhi de’ ciechi vedranno, essendo liberati di caligine, e di tenebre.

19 Ed i mansueti avranno allegrezza sopra allegrezza, nel Signore; e i poveri d’infra gli uomini gioiranno nel Santo d’Israele.