"It will comeabout afterthisThat I will pourout My Spiriton allmankind;And your sonsand daughterswill prophesy,Your oldmenwill dreamdreams,Your youngmenwill seevisions.
"Turnto my reproof,Behold,I will pourout my spiriton you; I will makemy wordsknownto you.
Untilthe Spiritis pouredout upon us from on high,And the wildernessbecomesa fertilefield,And the fertilefieldis consideredas a forest.
Then the gloryof the LORDwill be revealed,And allfleshwill see[it] together;For the mouthof the LORDhas spoken."
For I will pourout wateron the thirsty[land] And streamson the dryground;I will pourout My Spiriton your offspringAnd My blessingon your descendants;
"I will feedyour oppressorswith their own flesh,And they will becomedrunkwith their own bloodas with sweetwine;And allfleshwill knowthat I, the LORD,am your SaviorAnd your Redeemer,the MightyOneof Jacob."
He says,"It is toosmalla thingthat You should be My ServantTo raiseup the tribesof Jacoband to restorethe preservedones of Israel;I will also makeYou a lightof the nationsSo that My salvationmay reachto the endof the earth."
"Allyour sonswill be taughtof the LORD;And the well-beingof your sonswill be great.
"I have heardwhatthe prophetshave saidwho prophesyfalselyin My name,saying,'I hada dream,I hada dream!'
"The prophetwhohasa dreammay relate[his] dream,but let him whohasMy wordspeakMy wordin truth.Whatdoes strawhave [in common] with grain?"declaresthe LORD.
"I will putMy Spiritwithinyou and causeyou to walkin My statutes,and you will be carefulto observeMy ordinances.
"I will putMy Spiritwithin you and you will cometo life,and I will placeyou on your own land.Then you will knowthat I, the LORD,have spokenand doneit," declaresthe LORD.'"
"I will not hideMy facefrom them anylonger,for I will have pouredout My Spiriton the houseof Israel,"declaresthe LordGOD.
In the firstyearof Belshazzarkingof BabylonDanielsawa dreamand visionsin his mind[as he lay] on his bed;thenhe wrotethe dreamdown[and] relatedthe [following] summaryof it.
"I will pourout on the houseof Davidand on the inhabitantsof Jerusalem,the Spiritof graceand of supplication,so that they will lookon Me whomthey have pierced;and they will mournfor Him, as one mournsfor an onlyson,and they will weepbitterlyoverHim like the bitterweepingovera firstborn.
"Then I will comedownand speakwith you there,and I will takeof the Spiritwhois upon you, and will put[Him] upon them; and they shall bearthe burdenof the peoplewith you, so that you will not bear[it] all alone.
He said,"HearnowMy words:Ifthere is a prophetamong you, I, the LORD,shall makeMyself knownto him in a vision.I shall speakwith him in a dream.
And his fatherZachariaswas filledwith the HolySpirit,and prophesied,saying:
AND ALLFLESHWILL SEETHE SALVATIONOF GOD.'"
But thisHe spokeof the Spirit,whomthosewho believedin Him were to receive;for the Spiritwas not yet[given], becauseJesuswas not yetglorified.
"Thereforehaving been exaltedto the right handof God,and having receivedfrom the Fatherthe promiseof the HolySpirit,He has poured forththiswhichyou bothseeand hear.
"For the promiseis for you and your childrenand for allwhoare far off,as manyas the Lordour Godwill callto Himself."
Nowthis manhadfourvirgindaughterswho were prophetesses.
Thereis neitherJewnorGreek,thereis neitherslavenorfree man,thereis neithermalenorfemale;for you are allonein ChristJesus.
God,after He spokelong agoto the fathersin the prophetsin many portionsand in many ways,
Then Saulsentmessengersto takeDavid,but when they sawthe companyof the prophetsprophesying,with Samuelstanding[and] presidingoverthem, the Spiritof Godcameupon the messengersof Saul;and they alsoprophesied.
When it was toldSaul,he sentothermessengers,and they alsoprophesied.So Saulsentmessengersagainthe thirdtime,and they alsoprophesied.
When Saulinquiredof the LORD,the LORDdid not answerhim, eitherby dreamsorby Urimorby prophets.
