Isaiah 29:17–24

Blessing after Discipline

¹⁷Is it not yet just a little while

¹Before Lebanon will be turned into a ^afertile field,

And the fertile field will be considered as a forest?

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

And out of their gloom and darkness the ^ceyes of the blind will see.

¹⁹The ^aafflicted also will increase their gladness in the Lord,

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

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

Indeed ^call who ¹are intent on doing evil will be cut off;

²¹Who ¹cause a person to be indicted by a word,

And ^aensnare him who adjudicates at the gate,

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

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

“Jacob ^bshall not now be ashamed, nor shall his face now 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 in awe of the God of Israel.

²⁴“Those who ^aerr in ¹mind will ^bknow ²the truth,

And those who ³criticize will ^4caccept instruction.