Isaiah 29:17

Blessing After Punishment

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You turn things upside down [with your perversity]!
Shall the potter be considered equal with the clay,
That the thing that is made would say to its maker, “He did not make me”;
Or the thing that is formed say to him who formed it, “He has no understanding”? ¹⁷ 
Is it not yet a very little while
Until Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field,
And the fertile field regarded as a forest?
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On that day the deaf will hear the words of a book,
And out of their gloom and darkness the eyes of the blind will see [the words of the book].

Carmel

Lebanon

Isaiah 32:15

Until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high,
And the wilderness becomes a fertile field,
And the fertile field is valued as a forest.

Psalm 84:6

Passing through the Valley of Weeping (Baca), they make it a place of springs;
The early rain also covers it with blessings.

Psalm 107:33

He turns rivers into a wilderness,
And springs of water into a thirsty ground;

Psalm 107:35

He turns a wilderness into a pool of water
And a dry land into springs of water;

Isaiah 5:6

“I will turn it into a wasteland;
It will not be pruned or cultivated,
But briars and thorns will come up.
I will also command the clouds not to rain on it.”

Isaiah 35:1-2

The wilderness and the dry land will be glad;
The Arabah (desert) will shout in exultation and blossom
Like the autumn crocus.

Isaiah 41:19

“I will put the cedar in the wilderness,
The acacia, the myrtle and the olive tree;
I will place the juniper in the desert
Together with the box tree and the cypress,

Isaiah 49:5-6

And now says the Lord, who formed Me from the womb to be His Servant,
To bring Jacob back to Him and that Israel might be gathered to Him,
—For I am honored in the eyes of the Lord,
And My God is My strength—

Isaiah 55:13

“Instead of the thorn bush the cypress tree will grow,
And instead of the nettle the myrtle tree will grow;
And it will be a memorial to the Lord,
For an everlasting sign [of His mercy] which will not be cut off.”

Isaiah 63:18

Your holy people possessed Your sanctuary for [only] a little while;
Our adversaries have trampled it down.

Isaiah 65:12-16

I will destine you for the sword, [says the Lord],
And all of you will bow down to the slaughter,
Because when I called, you did not answer;
When I spoke, you did not listen or obey.
But you did [what was] evil in My sight
And chose that in which I did not delight.”

Ezekiel 20:46-47

“Son of man, set your face toward Teman, and speak out against the south and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev (the South),

Hosea 1:9-10

And the Lord said, “Name him Lo-Ammi (not my people), for you are not My people and I am not your God.”

Hosea 3:4

For the sons of Israel will remain for many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or [idolatrous] pillar, and without ephod or teraphim (household idols).

Micah 3:12

Therefore, on account of you
Zion shall be plowed like a field,
Jerusalem shall become a heap of ruins,
And the mountain of the house [of the Lord] shall become like a densely wooded hill.

Habakkuk 2:3

“For the vision is yet for the appointed [future] time
It hurries toward the goal [of fulfillment]; it will not fail.
Even though it delays, wait [patiently] for it,
Because it will certainly come; it will not delay.

Haggai 2:6

For thus says the Lord of hosts, ‘Once more, in a little while, I am going to shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

Zechariah 11:1-2

Open your doors, O Lebanon,
That fire may devour your cedars.

Matthew 19:30

But many who are first [in this world] will be last [in the world to come]; and the last, first.

Matthew 21:18-19

Now early in the morning, as Jesus was coming back to the city, He was hungry.

Matthew 21:43

Therefore I tell you, the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to [another] people who will produce the fruit of it.

Romans 11:11-17

So I say, have they stumbled so as to fall [to spiritual ruin]? Certainly not! But by their transgression [their rejection of the Messiah] salvation has come to the Gentiles, to make Israel jealous [when they realize what they have forfeited].

Romans 11:19-27

You will say then, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.”

Hebrews 10:37

For yet in a very little while,
He who is coming will come, and will not delay.