Isaiah 32:15
in Isaiah 32until 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.
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ASV
until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.
KJV
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
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This verse in Isaiah 32
Commentary
11 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Until the Spirit - The Spirit of God, as the source of all blessings, and especially as able to meet and remove the ills of the long calamity and desolation. This evidently refers to some future period, when the evils which the prophet was contemplating would be succeeded by the spread of the true religion. If the prophet meant to confine his description of calamities to those which would attend the invasion of Sennacherib, then this refers to the piety and prosperity which would prevail after that during the reign of Hezekiah.
This site's exposition
the Spirit is poured out upon us
The ruin lasts "until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high". The commentators set this pouring beside Joel 2:28, the promise of the Spirit poured out on all people, read at Pentecost. Then "the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest".
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 9 and following) Women of wealth, rise up and listen to my voice: confident daughters, hear my words. After days and years, you will be troubled, O confident ones: for the harvest is complete, and there will be no more gathering. O women of wealth, be astounded, be troubled: strip yourselves and be ashamed. As Symmachus interpreted, expose yourselves: it continues. Gird your loins, beat your breasts, over the desirable region, over the fertile vineyard: over the ground of my people, thorns and thistles will grow: how much more over all the houses of the joyful city?
The Medieval Church1 voice
Here he describes their liberation. And first, he sets out the consolation of the Jews; second, the destruction of their enemies: but hail (Isa 32:19); third, the prophet's congratulation: blessed are you that sow (Isa 32:20). Concerning the first, he sets out three things. First, …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
Until - Until the time come, in which God will pour, or, as the Hebrew word properly signifies, reveal, evidently and plentifully pour out his spirit from heaven upon his people, which was fully accomplished in the days of the Messiah.
), which promise may be supposed to look as far forward as the days of the Messiah. 1 Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in judgment.
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Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high,....
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
On the Gentiles was poured out a spirit of life, but on the Jews a spirit of slumber. See what is the evidence and effect of the pouring out of the Spirit upon any soul; it is thereby made fruitful, and has its fruit unto holiness. Three things go to make these times happy:-- (1.) Judgment and righteousness,
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Address to the women of Jerusalem who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence (Isa 3:16-23); the failure of food through the devastations of the enemy is here foretold, being what was most likely to affect them as mothers of families, heretofore accustomed to every luxury.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
This can only partially apply to the spiritual revival in Hezekiah's time; its full accomplishment belongs to the Christian dispensation, first at Pentecost (Joe 2:28;
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And the fruitful field - והכרמל vehaccarmel. So fifteen MSS., six ancient, and two editions; which seems to make the noun an appellative.
The words behind it
11 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| יֵ֨עָרֶ֥ה | yeareh | it will be poured out | H6168 → | 15 times |
| עָלֵ֛ינוּ | ʾaleinu | on us | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| ר֖וּחַ | ruach | spirit | H7307 → | 378 times |
| מִמָּר֑וֹם | mimarom | from a high place | H4791 → | 54 times |
| וְהָיָ֤ה | vehayah | and it will become | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| מִדְבָּר֙ | midbar | [the] wilderness | H4057 → | 270 times |
| לַכַּרְמֶ֔ל | lakarmel | <into> <the> orchard | H3759 → | 17 times |
| וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל | vehakharmel | and the orchard | H3759 → | 17 times |
| לַיַּ֥עַר | laiyaar | to <the> forest | H3293 → | 59 times |
| יֵחָשֵֽׁב׃ | yechashev | it will be considered | H2803 → | 124 times |
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
יֵ֨עָרֶ֥הit will be poured out
yearehH6168 →15 times
עָלֵ֛ינוּon us
ʾaleinuH5921 →5755 times
ר֖וּחַspirit
ruachH7307 →378 times
מִמָּר֑וֹםfrom a high place
mimaromH4791 →54 times
וְהָיָ֤הand it will become
vehayahH1961 →3559 times
מִדְבָּר֙[the] wilderness
midbarH4057 →270 times
לַכַּרְמֶ֔ל<into> <the> orchard
lakarmelH3759 →17 times
וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖לand the orchard
vehakharmelH3759 →17 times
לַיַּ֥עַרto <the> forest
laiyaarH3293 →59 times
יֵחָשֵֽׁב׃it will be considered
yechashevH2803 →124 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
it leads to
- Joel 2:28
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Acts 2:17
‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams.
- Isaiah 59:21
“As for Me, this is My covenant with them,” says the LORD. “My Spirit will not depart from you, and My words that I have put in your mouth will not depart from your…
- John 7:37–39
On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
- Proverbs 1:23
If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.
- Joel 2:28
Through
Luke 24:49And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
it leads to
- Acts 1:8
But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
- Acts 1:4
And while they were gathered together, He commanded them: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift the Father promised, which you have heard Me discuss.
- Joel 2:28–32
And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions.
- Acts 1:8
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About Isaiah
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Isaiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Isaiah.