29:17 In just a very short time 1
Lebanon will turn into an orchard,
and the orchard will be considered a forest. 2
48:6 You have heard; now look at all the evidence! 3
Will you not admit that what I say is true? 4
From this point on I am announcing to you new events
that are previously unrevealed and you do not know about. 5
1 tn The Hebrew text phrases this as a rhetorical question, “Is it not yet a little, a short [time]?”
2 sn The meaning of this verse is debated, but it seems to depict a reversal in fortunes. The mighty forest of Lebanon (symbolic of the proud and powerful, see 2:13; 10:34) will be changed into a common orchard, while the common orchard (symbolic of the oppressed and lowly) will grow into a great forest. See J. N. Oswalt, Isaiah (NICOT), 1:538.
3 tn Heb “gaze [at] all of it”; KJV “see all this.”
4 tn Heb “[as for] you, will you not declare?”
5 tn Heb “and hidden things, and you do not know them.”