yet a very

Isaiah 63:18
For a short while Your people possessed Your holy place, but our enemies have trampled Your sanctuary.

Habakkuk 2:3
For the vision awaits an appointed time; it testifies of the end, and will not lie. Though it lingers, wait for it, since it will surely come and not delay.

Haggai 2:6
For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: "Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.

Hebrews 10:37
For, "In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.

Lebanon

Isaiah 32:15
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 35:1, 2
The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. . . .

Isaiah 41:19
I will plant cedars in the desert, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set evergreens in the desert, elms and cypress trees together,

Isaiah 49:5, 6
And now says the LORD, who formed me from the womb to be His Servant, to bring Jacob back to Him, that Israel might be gathered to Him--for I am honored in the sight of the LORD, and my God is my strength-- . . .

Isaiah 55:13
Instead of the thornbush, a cypress will grow, and instead of the brier, a myrtle will spring up; they will make a name for the LORD as an everlasting sign, never to be destroyed."

Isaiah 65:12-16
I will destine you for the sword, and you will all kneel down to be slaughtered, because I called and you did not answer, I spoke and you did not listen; you did evil in My sight and chose that in which I did not delight." . . .

Hosea 1:9, 10
And the LORD said, "Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God. . . .

Matthew 19:30
But many who are first will be last, and the last will be first.

Matthew 21:43
Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.

Romans 11:11-17
I ask then, did they stumble so as to lose their share? Absolutely not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous. . . .

the fruitful

Isaiah 5:6
I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.

Ezekiel 20:46, 47
"Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev. . . .

Hosea 3:4
For the Israelites must live many days without king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or idol.

Micah 3:12
Therefore, because of you, Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become a heap of rubble, and the temple mount a wooded ridge.

Zechariah 11:1, 2
Open your doors, O Lebanon, that the fire may consume your cedars. . . .

Matthew 21:18, 19
In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry. . . .

Romans 11:19-27
You will say then, "Branches were broken off so that I could be grafted in." . . .