Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 32:15

15. 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 forrest .

And this Calamity and Desolation shall, in a manner, continue until the time come, in which God will pour, or, as the Hebrew Word properly signifies, reveal, i. e. evidently and plentifully pour out his spirit from Heaven upon His people. Which was done in some sort upon the return of the People from Babylon, when God, by his Spirit, stirred up the Spirit, both of Cyrus to give them liberty of returning to Ierusalem, and of the people to return and build the City and People: But was far more clearly and fully accomplished in the days of the Messiah. And indeed the promises contained in these, and the following Words and Verses, were not fulfilled upon their coming out of Babylon, after which time they had but a little reviving in their bondage, as is said, Ezra. 9. 8. and continued in servitude and distress under the Pe[illegible: 1+ letters]sian Emperours, Nehem. 9. 36, 37. and afterward suffered many and grievous Calamities, from the Kings of Syria, and Egypt, and from the Romans: which suits very ill with that glorious Promise here following, ver. 18. And therefore these promises concern the times of the Gospel, when God's Spirit was in a most evident and glorious Manner poured forth upon the Apostles, and other believing Iews, to the Astonishment of their very Adversaries; and when the following Promises were in a good Measure fulfilled, and are more fully to be accomplished in God's due time.

Which is Allegorically understood. The meaning may be this; God's people, who were desolate and destroyed, shall be Revived and Flourish, and their flourishing Enemies shall be brought to Desolation and Destruction. It may also signify, The Conversion of the barren and despised Gentiles, and the Rejection of the Iews, in the time of the Messiah.

Marginal references: Chap. 29. 17. & 35. 2. & 37. 24.