Isaiah 32:15

New International Reader's Version

That will continue until the Holy Spirit is poured out on us from heaven. Then the desert will be turned into rich farm lands. The rich farm lands will seem like a forest.

Cross References

Psalm 104:30

When you send your Spirit, you create them. You give new life to the ground.

Psalm 107:33

He turned rivers into a desert. He turned flowing springs into thirsty ground.

Psalm 107:35

He turned the desert into pools of water. He turned the dry and cracked ground into flowing springs.

Proverbs 1:23

Pay attention to my warning! Then I will pour out my thoughts to you. I will make known to you my teachings.

Isaiah 28:6

He will help those who are fair when they judge. He will give strength to those who turn back their enemies at the city gate.

Isaiah 29:17

In a very short time, Lebanon will be turned into rich farm lands. The rich farm lands will seem like a forest.

Isaiah 35:7

The burning sand will become a pool of water. The thirsty ground will become bubbling springs. In the places where wild dogs once lay down, tall grass and papyrus will grow.

Isaiah 44:3

I will pour out water on the thirsty land. I will make streams flow on the dry ground. I will pour out my Spirit on your children. I will pour out my blessing on their children after them.

Isaiah 45:8

“ ‘Rain down my godliness, you heavens above. Let the clouds shower it down. Let the earth open wide to receive it. Let freedom spring to life. Let godliness grow richly along with it. I have created all these things. I am the Lord.’ ”

Isaiah 59:19

People in the west will show respect for the Lord’s name. People in the east will worship him because of his glory. The Lord will come like a rushing river that was held back. His breath will drive it along.

Isaiah 59:21

“Here is the covenant I will make with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit is on you and will not leave you. I have put my words in your mouth. They will never leave your mouth. And they will never leave the mouths of your children or their children after them. That will be true for all time to come,” says the Lord.

Isaiah 63:11

Then his people remembered what he did long ago. They recalled the days of Moses and his people. They asked, “Where is the God who brought Israel through the Red Sea? Moses led them as the shepherd of his flock. Where is the God who put his Holy Spirit among them?

Ezekiel 37:14

I will put my Spirit in you. And you will live again. I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I have spoken. I have done it,” announces the Lord.’ ”

Ezekiel 39:29

I will no longer turn my face away from the people of Israel. I will pour out my Spirit on them,” announces the Lord and King.

Zechariah 12:10

“I will pour out a spirit of grace and prayer on David’s family line. I will also send it on those who live in Jerusalem. They will look to me. I am the one they have pierced. They will mourn over me as someone mourns over an only child who has died. They will be full of sorrow over me. Their sorrow will be just like someone’s sorrow over an oldest son.

Luke 24:49

I am going to send you what my Father has promised. But for now, stay in the city. Stay there until you have received power from heaven.”

John 7:39

When he said this, he meant the Holy Spirit. Those who believed in Jesus would receive the Spirit later. Up to that time, the Spirit had not been given. This was because Jesus had not yet received glory.

Acts 2:33

Jesus has been given a place of honor at the right hand of God. He has received the Holy Spirit from the Father. This is what God had promised. It is Jesus who has poured out what you now see and hear.

2 Corinthians 3:8

Since all this is true, won’t the work of the Holy Spirit be even more glorious?