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until the Spirit be poured on us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.
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The Spirit is the Source of Renewal
Commentators unanimously agree that the turning point from judgment to blessing is the "pouring out of the Spirit from on high." This is not a human achievement but a direct, gracious act of God. Scholars like Matthew Henry note that true "good times" and restoration, both for a nation and for an individual, begin only when God's Spirit intervenes.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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 calamit…
19th Century
Anglican
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high ... —There was, then, a fixed limit of the desolation then described. Isa…
16th Century
Protestant
Till the Spirit be poured out upon you. Because the Prophet speaks of the Jews among whom God had determined to plant His Church, it was t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high That is, Jerusalem shall lie in ruins until this time comes; which t…
When so much provocation was given to the holy God, bad times might be expected. Alas! How many careless people there are who support self-indulgen…
13th Century
Catholic
Behold, a king will reign in justice. This is the third part of the warning, in which the prophet describes their liberation fro…
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