Isa 29:17, 35:2, 7, 54:1-3, 55:11-13, Isa 60, 61:3-5, Hos 1:10-11 | ESV | STEP | Is it not yet a very little while until Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field , and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest ?

bz[See ver. 9 above]

cd Isa. 11:12, 13; Jer. 3:18; 50:4; Ezek. 34:23; Zech. 10:6; See Ezek. 37:16-24

Isaiah 29:17

17 Is it not yet a very little while
^auntil Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field,
and the fruitful field shall be regarded as a forest?

Isaiah 35:2

2 it shall blossom abundantly
and rejoice with joy and singing.
^bThe glory of Lebanon shall be given to it,
the majesty of ^cCarmel and ^dSharon.
^eThey shall see the glory of the Lord,
the majesty of our God.

Isaiah 35:7

7 ^fthe burning sand shall become a pool,
and the thirsty ground springs of water;
in the haunt of ^gjackals, where they lie down,
the grass shall become reeds and rushes.

Isaiah 54:1-3

The Eternal Covenant of Peace

1 ^h“Sing, O barren one, who did not bear;
break forth into singing and cry aloud,
you who have not been in labor!
For the children of ⁱthe desolate one ^jwill be more
than the children of her who is married,” says the Lord.
2 ^k“Enlarge the place of your tent,
and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out;
do not hold back; lengthen your cords
and strengthen your stakes.
3 ^lFor you will spread abroad to the right and to the left,
and your offspring will possess the nations
and will people the desolate cities.

Isaiah 55:11-13

11 so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth;
it shall not return to me empty,
but ^mit shall accomplish that which I purpose,
and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.
12 ⁿ“For you shall go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
^othe mountains and the hills before you
shall break forth into singing,
and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands.
13 ^pInstead of the thorn shall come up the cypress;
instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle;
and it shall make a name for the Lord,
an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”

Isaiah 60

The Future Glory of Israel

1 ^qArise, shine, for your light has come,
and ^rthe glory of the Lord has risen upon you.
2 For behold, darkness shall cover the earth,
and thick darkness the peoples;
but the Lord will arise upon you,
and his glory will be seen upon you.
3 ^sAnd nations shall come to your light,
and kings to the brightness of your rising.
4 ^tLift up your eyes all around, and see;
they all gather together, they come to you;
^uyour sons shall come from afar,
and your daughters shall be carried on the hip.
5 Then you shall see and ^vbe radiant;
your heart shall thrill and exult, ^{▼▼Hebrew your heart shall tremble and grow wide}
because the abundance of the sea shall be turned to you,
^xthe wealth of the nations shall come to you.
6 A multitude of camels shall cover you,
the young camels of ^yMidian and ^zEphah;
all those from ^aaSheba shall come.
^abThey shall bring gold and frankincense,
and shall bring good news, the praises of the Lord.
7 All the flocks of ^acKedar shall be gathered to you;
the rams of ^adNebaioth shall minister to you;
^aethey shall come up with acceptance on my altar,
^afand I will beautify my beautiful house.
8 Who are these that fly like a cloud,
and ^aglike doves to their windows?
9 For ^ahthe coastlands shall hope for me,
^aithe ships of Tarshish first,
^ajto bring your children from afar,
their silver and gold with them,
for the name of the Lord your God,
and for the Holy One of Israel,
because ^akhe has made you beautiful.
10 ^alForeigners shall build up your walls,
and ^amtheir kings shall minister to you;
for in my wrath I struck you,
but in my favor I have had mercy on you.
11 ^anYour gates shall be open continually;
day and night they shall not be shut,
^aothat people may bring to you the wealth of the nations,
with their kings led in procession.
12 ^apFor the nation and kingdom
that will not serve you shall perish;
those nations shall be utterly laid waste.
13 ^aqThe glory of Lebanon shall come to you,
the cypress, the plane, and ^arthe pine,
to beautify the place of my sanctuary,
and I will make the place of my feet glorious.
14 ^asThe sons of those who afflicted you
shall come bending low to you,
^atand all who despised you
shall bow down at your feet;
^authey shall call you the City of the Lord,
the Zion of the Holy One of Israel.
15 ^avWhereas you have been forsaken and hated,
with no one passing through,
^awI will make you majestic forever,
a joy from age to age.
16 ^axYou shall suck the milk of nations;
you shall nurse at the breast of kings;
and you shall know that ^ayI, the Lord, am your Savior
and your Redeemer, ^azthe Mighty One of Jacob.
17 Instead of bronze I will bring gold,
and instead of iron I will bring silver;
instead of wood, bronze,
instead of stones, iron.
I will make your overseers peace
^baand your taskmasters righteousness.
18 ^bbViolence shall no more be heard in your land,
devastation or destruction within your borders;
^bcyou shall call your walls Salvation,
and your gates Praise.
19 ^bdThe sun shall be no more
your light by day,
nor for brightness shall the moon
give you light; ^{▼▼Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Targum add by night}
but the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and your God will be your glory. ^{▼▼Or your beauty}
20 Your sun shall no more go down,
nor your moon withdraw itself;
for the Lord will be your everlasting light,
and ^bgyour days of mourning shall be ended.
21 ^bhYour people shall all be righteous;
^bithey shall possess the land forever,
^bjthe branch of my planting, the work of my hands,
that I might be glorified. ^{▼▼Or that I might display my beauty}
22 ^blThe least one shall become a clan,
and the smallest one a mighty nation;
^bmI am the Lord;
in its time I will hasten it.

Isaiah 61:3-5

3 to grant to those who mourn in Zion—
^bnto give them a beautiful headdress instead of ashes,
^bothe oil of gladness instead of mourning,
the garment of praise instead of a faint spirit;
^bpthat they may be called oaks of righteousness,
the planting of the Lord, ^bqthat he may be glorified. ^{▼▼Or that he may display his beauty}
4 ^bsThey shall build up the ancient ruins;
they shall raise up the former devastations;
they shall repair the ruined cities,
the devastations of many generations.
5 ^btStrangers shall stand and tend your flocks;
foreigners shall be your plowmen and vinedressers;

Hosea 1:10-11

10 ^{▼▼Ch 2:1 in Hebrew} Yet ^bvthe number of the children of Israel shall be ^bwlike the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or numbered. ^bxAnd ^byin the place where it was said to them, ^bz“You are not my people,” it shall be said to them, ^ca“Children ^{▼▼Or Sons} of ^ccthe living God.” 11 And ^cdthe children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and ^cethey shall appoint for themselves one head. And they shall go up from the land, for great shall be the day of Jezreel.