Isaiah 29:17–24

Hope for the Future

¹⁷Shall not Lebanon in a very little while

become a fruitful field

and the fruitful field be regarded as a forest?^*

¹⁸On that day the deaf shall hear

the words of a scroll,

and freed from gloom and darkness

the eyes of the blind shall see.^*

¹⁹The meek shall obtain fresh joy in the Lord,

and the neediest people shall exult in the Holy One of Israel.^*

²⁰For the tyrant shall be no more,

and the scoffer shall cease to be;

all those alert to do evil shall be cut off—^*

²¹those who cause a person to lose a lawsuit,

who set a trap for the arbiter in the gate

and undermine justice for the one in the right.^*

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

“No longer shall Jacob be ashamed;

no longer shall his face grow pale.^*

²³For when he sees his children,

the work of my hands, in his midst,

they will sanctify my name;

they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob

and will stand in awe of the God of Israel.^*

²⁴And those who err in spirit will come to understanding,

and those who grumble will accept instruction.”^*