Isaiah 29:17–24

¹⁷In a very short time Lebanon will be turned into a fertile field 

and the fertile field will be considered a forest. 

¹⁸When that day comes, the deaf will hear the words written in the book. 

The blind will see out of their gloom and darkness. 

¹⁹Humble people again will find joy in the Lord. 

The poorest of people will find joy in the Holy One of Israel. 

²⁰Tyrants will be gone. 

Mockers will be finished. 

All who look for ways to do wrong will come to an end: 

²¹those who make people sin with words, 

those who lay traps for judges, 

those who, without any reason, deny justice 

to people who are in the right. 

²²This is what the Lord, who saved Abraham, says about the descendants of Jacob: 

Jacob will no longer be ashamed. 

Jacob’s face will no longer turn pale. 

²³When they see all their children, 

the children I made with my hands, 

they will acknowledge my name as holy. 

They will treat the Holy One of Jacob as holy. 

They will stand in terror of the God of Israel. 

²⁴Then those who are wayward in spirit will gain understanding, 

and those who complain will accept instruction.