Isaiah 32:15

Isaiah 32:15 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)till the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the desert becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field seems like a forest.
• English Standard Version (ESV)until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is deemed a forest.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Until the Spirit is poured upon us from on high, And the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, And the fruitful field is counted as a forest.

Context of Isaiah 32:15

13for the land of my people, where thorns and briars come up, for all the joyful houses of the jubilant city. 14For the palace will be abandoned; the bustling city will be deserted; the citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, a delight of wild donkeys, a pasture for flocks, until the Ruach is poured out on us from on high, and the desert becomes a garden, and a garden seems like a forest. 16Then justice will dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness abide in the garden. 17The result of righteousness will be shalom and the effect of righteousness will be quietness and confidence forever.

Isaiah 32:15 word by word

עַד־יֵ֨עָרֶ֥ה עָלֵ֛ינוּ ר֖וּחַ מִמָּר֑וֹם וְהָיָ֤ה מִדְבָּר֙ לַכַּרְמֶ֔ל וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל לַיַּ֥עַר יֵחָשֵֽׁב׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Until the spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• be pouredעָרָה‛ârâh · to uncoverH6168
• upon us from on highמָרוֹםmârôm · heightH4791
• and the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• be a fruitful fieldכַּרְמֶלkarmel · plantationH3759
• be countedחָשַׁבchâshab · to devise: thinkH2803
• for a forestיַ֫עַרya‛ar · woodH3293

Cross-references for Isaiah 32:15

• Isaiah 11:2The Ruach of Adonai will rest upon Him, the Spirit of wisdom and insight, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Adonai.
• Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground. I will pour My Spirit on your offspring, and My blessing on your descendants.
• Isaiah 45:8“Rain down, O heavens, from above, and let the clouds pour down justice. Let the earth open up, let salvation sprout, and righteousness spring up with it. I, Adonai, have created it.”
• Isaiah 59:19So from the west they will fear the Name of Adonai, and His glory from the rising of the sun. For He will come like a rushing stream driven along by the Ruach Adonai.
• Isaiah 63:11Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses: “Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put among them His Ruach ha-Kodesh?
• Psalms 104:30You send forth Your Ruach— they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
• Psalms 107:33He turns rivers into a wilderness and springs of water into thirsty ground,
• Proverbs 1:23You are repulsed at my rebuke. Behold, I pour out my heart to you. I will make my words known to you.
• Ezekiel 39:29I will never again hide My face from them. For I have poured out My Ruach upon the house of Israel.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Zechariah 12:10“Then I will pour out on the house of David and the inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and supplication, when they will look toward Me whom they pierced. They will mourn for him as one mourns for an only son and grieve bitterly for him, as one grieves for a firstborn.
• Luke 24:49And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you; but you are to stay in the city until you are clothed with power from on high.”
• John 7:39Now He said this about the Ruach, whom those who trusted in Him were going to receive; for the Ruach was not yet given, since Yeshua was not yet glorified.
• Acts 2:17‘And it shall be in the last days,’ says God, ‘that I will pour out My Ruach on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams.
• 2 Corinthians 3:8how will the ministry of the Ruach not be even more glorious?
• Isaiah 29:17Will it not be just a very little while before Lebanon turns into a garden, and a garden will seem like a forest?

Commentaries on Isaiah 32:15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 15And the fruitful field - והכרמל vehaccarmel . So fifteen MSS., six ancient, and two editions; which seems to make the noun an appellative.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15Until 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 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 will be good times. The present…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15The Spirit will change the nation into a godly community, starting a time of justice and righteousness (see also Joel 2:28–32). The Spirit is connected to the Messiah, God's chosen one (Isaiah 11:1) and the servant (42:1; 61:1). desert … orchard: When the people are transformed, nature will be too.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-209-20. 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 (Eze 16:1-63). See Am 6:1.Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 32:15

• Church
• Holy Spirit
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Regeneration
• Revivals

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Commentaries on Isaiah 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings