The Meaning of Isaiah 29:17 Explained

Isaiah 29:17

KJV: 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?

YLT: Is it not yet a very little, And turned hath Lebanon to a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned?

Darby: 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?

ASV: 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?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

[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? 

What does Isaiah 29:17 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Isaiah 29

1  God's heavy judgment upon Jerusalem
7  The insatiableness of her enemies
9  The senselessness
13  And deep hypocrisy of the people
17  A promise of sanctification to the godly

What do the individual words in Isaiah 29:17 mean?

[Is] it not yet a little while very and shall be turned [Till] Lebanon into a fruitful field and the fruitful field as a forest be esteemed
הֲלוֹא־ עוֹד֙ מְעַ֣ט מִזְעָ֔ר וְשָׁ֥ב לְבָנ֖וֹן לַכַּרְמֶ֑ל וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל לַיַּ֥עַר ؟ יֵחָשֵֽׁב

הֲלוֹא־  [Is]  it  not 
Parse: Adverb, Negative particle
Root: הֲלֹא 
Sense: not, no.
עוֹד֙  yet 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
מְעַ֣ט  a  little  while 
Parse: Adjective, masculine singular construct
Root: מְעַט  
Sense: littleness, few, a little, fewness.
מִזְעָ֔ר  very 
Parse: Adverb
Root: מִזְעָר  
Sense: a little, a trifle, a few.
וְשָׁ֥ב  and  shall  be  turned 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לְבָנ֖וֹן  [Till]  Lebanon 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לְבָנׄון  
Sense: a wooded mountain range on the northern border of Israel.
לַכַּרְמֶ֑ל  into  a  fruitful  field 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כַּרְמֶל 
Sense: plantation, garden-land, orchard, fruit orchard.
וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל  and  the  fruitful  field 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: כַּרְמֶל 
Sense: plantation, garden-land, orchard, fruit orchard.
לַיַּ֥עַר  as  a  forest 
Parse: Preposition-l, Article, Noun, masculine singular
Root: יַעַר 
Sense: forest, wood, thicket, wooded height.
؟ יֵחָשֵֽׁב  be  esteemed 
Parse: Verb, Nifal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: חָשַׁב 
Sense: to think, plan, esteem, calculate, invent, make a judgment, imagine, count.