Ecclesiasticus 32:15

Nova Vulgata

donec effundatur super nos spiritus de excelso. Et erit desertum in hortum, et hortus in saltum reputabitur,

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Donec effundatur super nos spiritus de excelso, et erit desertum in carmel, et carmel in saltum reputabitur.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Donec effundatur super nos
spiritus de excelso,
et erit desertum in carmel,
et carmel in saltum reputabitur.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the spirit: Isaiah 11:2, Isaiah 11:3, Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 45:8, Isaiah 59:19-21, Isaiah 63:11, Psalms 104:30, Psalms 107:33, Proverbs 1:23, Ezekiel 39:29, Joel 2:28, Joel 2:29, Zechariah 12:10, Luke 24:49, John 7:39, Acts 2:17, Acts 2:18, Acts 2:33, 2 Corinthians 3:8, Titus 3:5, Titus 3:6

wilderness: Isaiah 29:17, Isaiah 35:2, Isaiah 35:7, Isaiah 54:1-3, Isaiah 55:11-13, Isaiah 60:1-22, Isaiah 61:3-5, Hosea 1:10, Hosea 1:11, Romans 11:18-26

Reciprocal: Psalms 72:7 - In his days Psalms 72:16 - There Psalms 85:12 - our land Isaiah 28:6 - for a spirit Isaiah 33:5 - he hath Isaiah 35:1 - wilderness Isaiah 41:19 - plant Isaiah 48:18 - then had Isaiah 54:13 - great Isaiah 62:1 - the righteousness Isaiah 62:4 - shalt no Ezekiel 34:26 - shower Ezekiel 37:14 - shall put Hosea 6:3 - as the rain Micah 5:7 - as a dew Zechariah 4:6 - Not Zechariah 11:2 - for Matthew 12:18 - and he Mark 1:8 - he shall Mark 12:9 - and will Luke 3:16 - he shall John 14:27 - Peace I leave Acts 2:38 - and ye Acts 10:36 - preaching Acts 11:1 - the Gentiles Galatians 3:14 - might James 3:17 - peaceable 1 Peter 1:12 - sent

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 the conversion of the Jews, and till that time comes Jerusalem will continue in a ruinous condition; the sense is the same with that of Luke 21:24 "Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled". The Targum of the place is,

"until refreshing comes to us from the face of him, whose Shechinah, or Majesty, is in the highest heavens;''

with which may be compared Acts 3:19:

and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest; this will be the consequence, fruit, and effect of the effusion of the Spirit in the latter day; that such parts of the world as were like a wilderness, barren and unfruitful, producing nothing but the briers and thorns of impiety, infidelity, superstition, and idolatry, should now become like a fruitful field; the Gospel being now preached everywhere, multitudes of souls converted, churches raised and formed, and these filled with such as were laden with the fruits of righteousness; and such places where the Gospel had been preached and professed, and where churches had been planted, and there were some good degree of fruitfulness in word and works, now should be abundantly more fruitful, and the professors of religion more numerous, and look more like a forest, for number of trees, than a field. Kimchi says this whole paragraph shall be accomplished in the days of the Messiah.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 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 and prosperity which would prevail after that during the reign of Hezekiah. If he designed, as Lowth supposes, to describe the calamites which would attend the invasion of the Chaldeans and the desolation of the city of Jerusalem during the captivity, then this refers to the prosperous times that would occur after their return to their own land. And if he looked forward beyond even that, then this refers to the times of the Messiah also, and he designed to describe the happy period when the Messiah should have come, and when the Spirit should be poured out. Vitringa supposes that all three of these events are referred to. But although the expressions are such as are used in reference to the times of the Messiah, yet the word ‘until’ seems to limit the prediction to some event previous to that. The plain sense of the passage is, that the city would lie waste, and would be a pasture for flocks, until the Spirit should be poured out; that is, would lie waste a long time, and then be succeeded by the merciful interposition of God restoring them to their land and privileges. This idea would seem to limit it. at the utmost, to the return from Babylon.

Be poured out - This is a common and usual mode of indicating that the influences of the Spirit of God would be imparted Isaiah 44:3; Ezekiel 39:29; Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2:17-18.

From on high - From heaven (compare Luke 24:49).

And the wilderness be a fruitful field - Until that change shall come when the places that are desolate shall become fertile, and the places which are now fertile and prosperous shall become desolate and barren. This may refer to the time when Jerusalem, that would have lain so long waste, would be again inhabited and cultivated, and when Babylon, then so prosperous, would become desolate and ruined. The expression has a proverbial cast and denotes change and revolution (see the note at Isaiah 29:17).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 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.