Isaiah 29:17–24

The Afflicted Will Rejoice

¹⁷Is it not yet just a little while

¹Before Lebanon will be turned into a ^afruitful orchard,

And the fruitful orchard will be counted as a forest?

¹⁸On that day the ^adeaf will hear ^bwords of a book,

And out of ¹darkness and thick darkness the ^ceyes of the blind will see.

¹⁹The ^aafflicted also will increase their gladness in Yahweh,

And the ^bneedy of mankind will rejoice in the Holy One of Israel.

²⁰For the ^aruthless will come to an end and the ^bscoffer will be finished,

Indeed ^call who are watching out to do evil will be cut off;

²¹Who ¹cause a person to sin by a word,

And ^aensnare him who reproves at the gate,

And ^2bdefraud the one in the right with ³meaningless arguments.

²²Therefore thus says Yahweh, who redeemed ^aAbraham, concerning the house of Jacob:

“Jacob ^bshall not now be ashamed, and now his face shall not turn pale;

²³But when ¹he sees his ^achildren, the ^bwork of My hands, in his midst,

They will sanctify My name;

Indeed, they will ^csanctify the Holy One of Jacob

And will stand trembling before the God of Israel.

²⁴“Those who ^aerr in spirit will ^bknow discernment,

And those who ¹criticize will ^2cgain learning.