King James Version
Isaiah 32:15 in the King James Version says “Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be count...” — study this verse from Isaiah chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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 · KJV
Upon the land of my people shall come up thorns and briers; yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city: yea: or, burning upon
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; forts: or, clifts and watchtowers
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.
Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness, and righteousness remain in the fruitful field.
And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.
KJV Study — Public Domain
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“Until the spirit”
H7307wind; by resemblance breath, i.e., a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the
“upon us from on high”
H4791altitude, i.e., concretely (an elevated place), abstractly (elevation, figuratively (elation), or adverbially (aloft)
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“and the wilderness”
H4057a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert
“and the fruitful field”
H3759a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce
“and the fruitful field”
H3759a planted field (garden, orchard, vineyard or park); by implication, garden produce
“for a forest”
H3293a copse of bushes; hence, a forest; hence, honey in the comb (as hived in trees)
“be counted”
H2803properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou
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