Isaiah 32:15-16

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 32:9-20

In these verses we have God rising up to judgment against the vile persons, to punish them for their villainy; but at length returning in mercy to the liberal, to reward them for their liberality. I. When there was so great a corruption of manners, and so much provocation given to the holy God, bad times might well be expected, and here is a warning given of such times coming. The alarm is sounded to the women that were at ease (Isa. 32:9) and the careless daughters, to feed whose pride,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:15

Until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high ,.... That is, Jerusalem shall lie in ruins until this time comes; which therefore cannot be understood of the effusion of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, which, as it was before the destruction of the city by the Romans, so the desolation it was brought to by the Chaldeans did not last so long; but must be interpreted of a pouring forth of the Spirit in his gifts and graces yet to come, which will bring on the fulness of the Gentiles, and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 32:16

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness ,.... In the desert part of the world, inhabited by Pagans, Papists, and Mahometans; where the Scriptures, the rule of judgment, and where the Gospel, sometimes called the judgment of the Lord, Isaiah 51:4 had no place, now they shall have one, and an abiding one; and men of judgment in spiritual and evangelical things, and such as do justice and judgment, shall dwell there: and righteousness remain in the fruitful field ; both the doctrine... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 32:15

And the fruitful field - והכרמל vehaccarmel . So fifteen MSS., six ancient, and two editions; which seems to make the noun an appellative. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:9-20

Until the Spirit be poured out. How constantly does Scripture speak of every happy reformation as due to the "outpouring of the Spirit," or the sending or breathing of the Spirit on human-kind! Language none the less expressive because mysterious. Those epochs cannot be forecast: no meteorology can explain to us these movements "from on high." But they may be waited for and prepared for, without fear of disappointment. Again and again they had come to the prophet's heart; and from his heart... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:13-20

A FURTHER MINGLING OF THREATS WITH COMFORTING PROMISES . The women require, like the men, to be both warned and comforted, wherefore the prophet addresses to them, as to the men in Isaiah 30:1-33 . and 31; an intermixture of threatening ( Isaiah 30:13 , Isaiah 30:14 ) with promise ( Isaiah 30:15-20 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:15

Until . The expression "until" modifies the previous "forever," showing that the desolation was not always to continue. The Spirit be poured upon us from on high. An effluence from the Holy Spirit of God on individuals of eminence, prophets, kings, artificers, to fit them for their tasks, is recognized in many of the earlier books of Scripture, and especially in the Davidical psalms. But a general effluence of the Spirit of holiness on a nation, to produce a change of heart, seems to be... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:15

The Spirit as a quickening Rain. The results produced by heavy rains in the East are so striking that these rains become a suggestive figure of the influence of God's Spirit on souls and on Churches. In times of prolonged drought, the ground is burnt up and chapped, and every sign of vegetation is destroyed. Then come the rains, the life in the soil responds, and in a few hours the world is green again. The figure of " pouring forth," or " pouring out," needs, however, to be very... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:15-17

The fruits of the Spirit in a community. The first result of the effluence of the Holy Spirit on man is fruitfulness: "the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field a forest." The dry ground of a stony heart is changed into a cultivated garden, which "brings forth much fruit." The heart which already bore some fruit is "purged, that it may bring forth more fruit" ( John 15:2 ). Then, when individuals have been thus changed and "purged" and perfected one by one, judgment... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 32:16

Then judgment shall dwell in the wilderness . In all parts of the kingdom of Christ, the lowest as well as the highest, "judgment" and "righteousness" shall prevail (comp. Isaiah 32:1 ). read more

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