Isaiah 29:17 Cross References
Isaiah 29:17
17: Soon--and it will not be very long--the wilderness of Lebanon will be a fertile field once again. And the fertile fields will become a lush and fertile forest.
Isaiah 32:15
- until at last the Spirit is poured down upon us from heaven. Then the wilderness will become a fertile field, and the fertile field will become a lush and fertile forest.
Psalms 107:35
- But he also turns deserts into pools of water, the dry land into flowing springs.
Isaiah 55:13
- Where once there were thorns, cypress trees will grow. Where briers grew, myrtles will sprout up. This miracle will bring great honor to the LORD's name; it will be an everlasting sign of his power and love.
Isaiah 35:1
- Even the wilderness will rejoice in those days. The desert will blossom with flowers.
- Yes, there will be an abundance of flowers and singing and joy! The deserts will become as green as the mountains of Lebanon, as lovely as Mount Carmel's pastures and the plain of Sharon. There the LORD will display his glory, the splendor of our God.
Psalms 107:33
- He changes rivers into deserts, and springs of water into dry land.
Hosea 3:4
- This illustrates that Israel will be a long time without a king or prince, and without sacrifices, temple, priests, or even idols!
Isaiah 41:19
- I will plant trees--cedar, acacia, myrtle, olive, cypress, fir, and pine--on barren land.
Hosea 1:9
- And the LORD said, "Name him Lo-ammi--`Not my people'--for Israel is not my people, and I am not their God.
- Yet the time will come when Israel will prosper and become a great nation. In that day its people will be like the sands of the seashore--too many to count! Then, at the place where they were told, `You are not my people,' it will be said, `You are children of the living God.'
Zechariah 11:1
- Open your doors, Lebanon, so that fire may sweep through your cedar forests.
- Weep, you cypress trees, for all the ruined cedars; the tallest and most beautiful of them are fallen. Weep, you oaks of Bashan, as you watch the thickest forests being felled.
Ezekiel 20:46
- "Son of man, look toward the south and speak out against it; prophesy against the fields of the Negev.
- Give the southern wilderness this message from the Sovereign LORD: Hear the word of the LORD! I will set you on fire, O forest, and every tree will be burned--green and dry trees alike. The terrible flames will not be quenched; they will scorch everything from south to north.
Micah 3:12
- So because of you, Mount Zion will be plowed like an open field; Jerusalem will be reduced to rubble! A great forest will grow on the hilltop, where the Temple now stands.
Matthew 21:18
- In the morning, as Jesus was returning to Jerusalem, he was hungry,
- and he noticed a fig tree beside the road. He went over to see if there were any figs on it, but there were only leaves. Then he said to it, "May you never bear fruit again!" And immediately the fig tree withered up.
Isaiah 5:6
- I will make it a wild place. I will not prune the vines or hoe the ground. I will let it be overgrown with briers and thorns. I will command the clouds to drop no more rain on it."
Isaiah 63:18
- How briefly your holy people possessed the holy place, and now our enemies have destroyed it.
Isaiah 49:5
- And now the LORD speaks--he who formed me in my mother's womb to be his servant, who commissioned me to bring his people of Israel back to him. The LORD has honored me, and my God has given me strength.
- He says, "You will do more than restore the people of Israel to me. I will make you a light to the Gentiles, and you will bring my salvation to the ends of the earth."
Matthew 21:43
- What I mean is that the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a nation that will produce the proper fruit.
Romans 11:19
- "Well," you may say, "those branches were broken off to make room for me."
- Yes, but remember--those branches, the Jews, were broken off because they didn't believe God, and you are there because you do believe. Don't think highly of yourself, but fear what could happen.
- For if God did not spare the branches he put there in the first place, he won't spare you either.
- Notice how God is both kind and severe. He is severe to those who disobeyed, but kind to you as you continue to trust in his kindness. But if you stop trusting, you also will be cut off.
- And if the Jews turn from their unbelief, God will graft them back into the tree again. He has the power to do it.
Habakkuk 2:3
- But these things I plan won't happen right away. Slowly, steadily, surely, the time approaches when the vision will be fulfilled. If it seems slow, wait patiently, for it will surely take place. It will not be delayed.
Psalms 84:6
- When they walk through the Valley of Weeping, it will become a place of refreshing springs, where pools of blessing collect after the rains!
Matthew 19:30
- But many who seem to be important now will be the least important then, and those who are considered least here will be the greatest then.
Haggai 2:6
- "For this is what the LORD Almighty says: In just a little while I will again shake the heavens and the earth. I will shake the oceans and the dry land, too.
Isaiah 65:12
- I will `destine' you to the sword. All of you will bow before the executioner, for when I called, you did not answer. When I spoke, you did not listen. You deliberately sinned--before my very eyes--and chose to do what you know I despise."
- Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "You will starve, but my servants will eat. You will be thirsty, but they will drink. You will be sad and ashamed, but they will rejoice.
- You will cry in sorrow and despair, while my servants sing for joy.
- Your name will be a curse word among my people, for the Sovereign LORD will destroy you and call his true servants by another name.
- All who invoke a blessing or take an oath will do so by the God of truth. For I will put aside my anger and forget the evil of earlier days.
Romans 11:11
- Did God's people stumble and fall beyond recovery? Of course not! His purpose was to make his salvation available to the Gentiles, and then the Jews would be jealous and want it for themselves.
- Now if the Gentiles were enriched because the Jews turned down God's offer of salvation, think how much greater a blessing the world will share when the Jews finally accept it.
- I am saying all of this especially for you Gentiles. God has appointed me as the apostle to the Gentiles. I lay great stress on this,
- for I want to find a way to make the Jews want what you Gentiles have, and in that way I might save some of them.
- For since the Jews' rejection meant that God offered salvation to the rest of the world, how much more wonderful their acceptance will be. It will be life for those who were dead!
Hebrews 10:37
- "For in just a little while, the Coming One will come and not delay.