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The Women of Jerusalem

Isaiah 32:15

In 11 translations

BSB
until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like a forest.
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.
WEB
until the Spirit is poured on us from on high, and the wilderness becomes a fruitful field, and the fruitful field is considered a forest.
ASV
until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be esteemed as a forest.
LSV
Until the Spirit is emptied out on us from on high, || And a wilderness has become a fruitful field, || And the fruitful field is reckoned for a forest.
YLT
Till emptied out on us is the Spirit from on high, And a wilderness hath become a fruitful field, And the fruitful field for a forest is reckoned.
DBY
until the Spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
DRC
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high: and the desert shall be as a charmel, and charmel shall be counted for a forest.
GNV
Vntill the Spirit be powred vpon vs from aboue, and the wildernes become a fruitfull fielde, and the plenteous fielde be counted as a forest.
JPS
Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness become a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.
LXXE
until the Spirit shall come upon you from on high, and Chermel shall be desert, and Chermel shall be counted for a forest.

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  • Written (Ketiv): וְכַרְמֶל (“and an orchard”). Read aloud (Qere): וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל (“and the orchard”) — the form shown in the word-by-word reader.
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  • Leningrad Codex reads וְַכַּרְמֶ֖ל; read aloud (Qere) reads וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל (“and the orchard”).

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Original-language editions

WLC
עַד־יֵ֨עָרֶ֥ה עָלֵ֛ינוּ ר֖וּחַ מִמָּר֑וֹם וְהָיָ֤ה מִדְבָּר֙ לַכַּרְמֶ֔ל וכרמל לַיַּ֥עַר יֵחָשֵֽׁב׃Read aloud as (qere): וְהַכַּרְמֶ֖ל
LXX-Br
ἕως ἂν ἔλθῃ ἐφʼ ὑμᾶς πνεῦμα ἀφʼ ὑψηλοῦ· καὶ ἔσται ἔρημος ὁ Χέρμελ, καὶ ὁ Χέρμελ εἰς δρυμὸν λογισθήσεται.

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  • Ezekiel 39:29And I will no longer hide My face from them, for I will pour out My Spirit on the house of Israel, declares the Lord GOD.”
  • Isaiah 29:17In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
  • Isaiah 44:3For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring.
  • Titus 3:5–6He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and renewal by the Holy Spirit. This is the Spirit He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ…
  • Luke 24:49And behold, I am sending the promise of My Father upon you. But remain in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
  • Joel 2:28–29And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out…
  • Isaiah 59:19–60:22So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD. “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who…
  • Acts 2:33Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out what you now see and hear.
  • Isaiah 11:2–3The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD. And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will…
  • Zechariah 12:10Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and…
  • Psalms 104:30When You send Your Spirit, they are created, and You renew the face of the earth.
  • 2 Corinthians 3:8will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious?
  • Isaiah 35:1–2The wilderness and the land will be glad; the desert will rejoice and blossom like a rose. It will bloom profusely and rejoice with joy and singing. The glory of Lebanon will be given to it, the splendor of Carmel and…
  • 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 shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
  • Isaiah 61:3–5to console the mourners in Zion— to give them a crown of beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, and a garment of praise for a spirit of despair. So they will be called oaks of righteousness, the planting of the…
  • Psalms 107:33He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,

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