Isaiah 29:17
Isaiah · Old Testament · Chapter 29
“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
What Does Isaiah 29:17 Mean?
Isaiah 29:17 is found in the book of Isaiah, chapter 29, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Isaiah 29:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Isaiah 32:15“Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.”Isaiah 35:1“The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.”Haggai 2:6“For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land;”Matthew 19:30“But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.”2 Chronicles 26:10“Also he built towers in the desert, and digged many wells: for he had much cattle, both in the low country, and in the plains: husbandmen also, and vine dressers in the mountains, and in Carmel: for he loved husbandry.”Hebrews 10:37“For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.”Psalms 72:16“There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains; the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon: and they of the city shall flourish like grass of the earth.”Psalms 84:6“Who passing through the valley of Baca make it a well; the rain also filleth the pools.”Psalms 107:33“He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground;”Psalms 107:35“He turneth the wilderness into a standing water, and dry ground into watersprings.”Isaiah 5:6“And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.”Isaiah 35:7“And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water: in the habitation of dragons, where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.”Isaiah 37:24“By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord, and hast said, By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains, to the sides of Lebanon; and I will cut down the tall cedars thereof, and the choice fir trees thereof: and I will enter into the height of his border, and the forest of his Carmel.”Isaiah 41:19“I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together:”Isaiah 49:5“And now, saith the LORD that formed me from the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob again to him, Though Israel be not gathered, yet shall I be glorious in the eyes of the LORD, and my God shall be my strength.”Isaiah 55:13“Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree: and it shall be to the LORD for a name, for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.”Isaiah 63:18“The people of thy holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down thy sanctuary.”Isaiah 65:12“Therefore will I number you to the sword, and ye shall all bow down to the slaughter: because when I called, ye did not answer; when I spake, ye did not hear; but did evil before mine eyes, and did choose that wherein I delighted not.”Ezekiel 20:46“Son of man, set thy face toward the south, and drop thy word toward the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field;”Hosea 1:9“Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.”
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