translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: ISA

label: NET study note

text: This same phrase is used in 22:2 .


text: The same statement appears in 29:17 b, where, in conjunction with the preceding line, it appears to picture a reversal. Here it seems to depict supernatural growth. The desert will blossom into an orchard, and the trees of the orchard will multiply and grow tall, becoming a forest.


text: This new era of divine blessing will also include a moral/ethical transformation, as justice and fairness fill the land and replace the social injustice so prevalent in Isaiah’s time.