until the Spirit from on high is poured out on us. Then the desert will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
Isaiah 29:17 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Isn’t it true that in just a little while Lebanon will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field and the fruitful field esteemed as a forest? American Standard Version (1901) 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? Common English Bible In just a little while won’t Lebanon become farmland once again, and the farmland be considered a forest? Catholic Public Domain Version In not more than a little while and a brief time, Lebanon will be turned into a fruitful field, and a fruitful field will be considered to be a forest. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Is it not yet a very little while, and Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and Charmel shall be esteemed as a forest? |
until the Spirit from on high is poured out on us. Then the desert will become an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
I will plant cedar, acacia, myrtle, and olive trees in the wilderness. I will put juniper, elm, and cypress trees together in the desert,
I will make it a wasteland. It will not be pruned or weeded; thorns and briars will grow up. I will also give orders to the clouds that rain should not fall on it.
Instead of the thorn bush, a cypress will come up, and instead of the briar, a myrtle will come up; this will stand as a monument for the Lord, an everlasting sign that will not be destroyed.
Your holy people had a possession for a little while, but our enemies have trampled down your sanctuary.
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be ploughed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.
For the vision is yet for the appointed time; it testifies about the end and will not lie. Though it delays, wait for it, since it will certainly come and not be late.
For the Lord of Armies says this: ‘Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people producing its fruit.
For yet in a very little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.