Isaiah 32:15
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.
Isaiah 32:15 in other translations
| BSB | 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. |
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| WEB | until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest. |
| 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. |
| YLT | Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned. |
| DARBY | until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest. |
| BBE | Till the spirit comes on us from on high, and the waste land becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field is changed into a wood. |
| Webster | Until the spirit shall be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness shall be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be counted for a forest. |
What does Isaiah 32:15 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 32:9-20
9-20. Address to the women of Jerusalem who troubled themselves little about the political signs of the times, but lived a life of self-indulgence (Is 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. Vitringa understands "women--daughters" as the cities and villages of Judea…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 32:9-20
When there was so much provocation given to the holy God, bad times might be expected. Alas! how many careless ones there are, who support self-indulgence by shameful niggardliness! We deserve to be deprived of the supports of life, when we make them the food of lusts. Let such tremble and be troubled. Blessed times shall be brought in by the pouring out of the Spirit from on high; then, and not till then, there…
Isaiah 32:15 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Isaiah 32:15
- Isaiah 29:17
Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?
- Ezekiel 39:29
Neither will I hide my face any more from them: for I have poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel, saith the Lord God.
- Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
- Titus 3:5-6
Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost; Which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour;
- Luke 24:49
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
- Joel 2:28-29
And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
- Isaiah 59:19-60:22
So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a standard against him. And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the Lord. As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed’s seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever. Arise, shine; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. …
- Zechariah 12:10
And I will pour upon the house of David, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the spirit of grace and of supplications: and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced, and they shall mourn for him, as one mourneth for his only son, and shall be in bitterness for him, as one that is in bitterness for his firstborn.
- Acts 2:33
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
- Isaiah 11:2-3
And the spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
- Isaiah 35:1-2
The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose. It shall blossom abundantly, and rejoice even with joy and singing: the glory of Lebanon shall be given unto it, the excellency of Carmel and Sharon, they shall see the glory of the Lord, and the excellency of our God.
- Psalms 104:30
Thou sendest forth thy spirit, they are created: and thou renewest the face of the earth.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
11:2,3; 44:3; 45:8; 59:19-21; 63:11; Ps 104:30; 107:33; Pr 1:23
Eze 39:29; Joe 2:28,29; Zec 12:10; Lu 24:49; Joh 7:39
Ac 2:17,18,33; 2Co 3:8; Tit 3:5,6
wilderness.
29:17; 35:2,7; 54:1-3; 55:11-13; 60:1-22; 61:3-5; Ho 1:10,11
Ro 11:18-26
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Context
- Isaiah 32:14
Because the palaces shall be forsaken; the multitude of the city shall be left; the forts and towers shall be for dens for ever, a joy of wild asses, a pasture of flocks;
- Isaiah 32:15
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.
- Isaiah 32:16
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
Isaiah 32:15 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Hasta que sobre nosotros sea derramado espíritu de lo alto, y el desierto se torne en campo labrado, y el campo labrado sea estimado por bosque. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | jusqu’à ce que l’Esprit soit répandu d’en haut sur nous, et que le désert devienne un champ fertile, et que le champ fertile soit réputé une forêt. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | bis der Geist über uns ausgegossen wird aus der Höhe, und die Wüste zum Fruchtgefilde wird, und das Fruchtgefilde dem Walde gleichgeachtet wird. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Donec effundatur super nos spiritus de excelso, et erit desertum in carmel, et carmel in saltum reputabitur. |