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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?
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God's Great Reversal
Commentators agree this verse uses a powerful metaphor to describe a complete reversal of fortunes. The wild, uncultivated forest of Lebanon will become a fertile field, while the cultivated field will become like a forest. This illustrates God's sovereign power to dramatically change circumstances, bringing fruitfulness from barrenness and humbling those who seem secure.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Is it not yet a very little while - The idea here is, ‘you have greatly perverted things in Jerusalem. The time is at hand when the…
19th Century
Anglican
Is it not yet a very little while...? — The image of the potter does not suggest to Isaiah the thought of arbitrary sovereignty, but rathe…
16th Century
Protestant
Is it not yet a little while? The Lord now declares that He will make those wicked men know who they are; as if He had said, “You are now …
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
[Is] it not yet a very little while In a short space of time, in a few years, what follows would come to pass. A strange …
The wonderful change here foretold may refer to the affairs of Judah, though it looks further. When a great harvest of souls was gathered to Christ…
13th Century
Catholic
Woe to Ariel. In this part, he presents a threat against the people or against the city, and this is divided into two parts.
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