Changes are Coming

29:17 In just a very short time37

Lebanon will turn into an orchard,

and the orchard will be considered a forest.38

29:18 At that time39 the deaf will be able to hear words read from a scroll,

and the eyes of the blind will be able to see through deep darkness.40

29:19 The downtrodden will again rejoice in the Lord;

the poor among humankind will take delight41 in the Holy One of Israel.42

29:20 For tyrants will disappear,

those who taunt will vanish,

and all those who love to do wrong will be eliminated43—

29:21 those who bear false testimony against a person,44

who entrap the one who arbitrates at the city gate45

and deprive the innocent of justice by making false charges.46

29:22 So this is what the Lord, the one who delivered Abraham, says to the family of Jacob:47

“Jacob will no longer be ashamed;

their faces will no longer show their embarrassment.48

29:23 For when they see their children,

whom I will produce among them,49

they will honor50 my name.

They will honor the Holy One of Jacob;51

they will respect52 the God of Israel.

29:24 Those who stray morally will gain understanding;53

those who complain will acquire insight.54