Isaiah 32:15

32:15 This desolation will continue until new life is poured out on us from heaven. ¹ 

Then the desert will become an orchard

and the orchard will be considered a forest. ² 

Isaiah 37:7

37:7 Look, I will take control of his mind; ³  he will receive a report and return to his own land. I will cut him down ⁴  with a sword in his own land.”’”

Isaiah 40:7

40:7 The grass dries up,

the flowers wither,

when the wind sent by the Lord ⁵  blows on them.

Surely humanity ⁶  is like grass.

Isaiah 63:10

63:10 But they rebelled and offended ⁷  his holy Spirit, ⁸ 

so he turned into an enemy

and fought against them.

Isaiah 65:14

65:14 Look, my servants will shout for joy as happiness fills their hearts! ⁹ 

But you will cry out as sorrow fills your hearts; ¹⁰ 

you will wail because your spirits will be crushed. ¹¹ 

[32:15]  ¹ tn Heb “until a spirit is emptied out on us from on high.” The words “this desolation will continue” are supplied in the translation for clarification and stylistic purposes. The verb עָרָה (’arah), used here in the Niphal, normally means “lay bare, expose.” The term רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) is often understood here as a reference to the divine spirit (cf. 44:3 and NASB, NIV, CEV, NLT), but it appears here without an article (cf. NRSV “a spirit”), pronominal suffix, or a genitive (such as “of the Lord”). The translation assumes that it carries an impersonal nuance “vivacity, vigor” in this context.

[32:15]  ² sn The same statement appears in 29:17b, where, in conjunction with the preceding line, it appears to picture a reversal. Here it seems to depict supernatural growth. The desert will blossom into an orchard, and the trees of the orchard will multiply and grow tall, becoming a forest.

[37:7]  ³ tn Heb “I will put in him a spirit.” The precise sense of רוּחַ (ruakh, “spirit”) is uncertain in this context. It may refer to a spiritual being who will take control of his mind (see 1 Kgs 22:19), or it could refer to a disposition of concern and fear. In either case the Lord’s sovereignty over the king is apparent.

[37:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “cause him to fall” (so KJV, ASV, NAB), that is, “kill him.”

[40:7]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text has רוּחַ יְהוָה (ruakh yehvah), which in this context probably does not refer to the Lord’s personal Spirit. The phrase is better translated “the breath of the Lord,” or “the wind of [i.e., sent by] the Lord.” The Lord’s sovereign control over nature, including the hot desert winds that dry up vegetation, is in view here (cf. Ps 147:18; Isa 59:19).

[40:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “the people” (so KJV, ASV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[63:10]  ⁷ tn Or “grieved, hurt the feelings of.”

[63:10]  ⁸ sn The phrase “holy Spirit” occurs in the OT only here (in v. 11 as well) and in Ps 51:11 (51:13 HT), where it is associated with the divine presence.

[65:14]  ⁹ tn Heb “from the good of the heart.”

[65:14]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “from the pain of the heart.”

[65:14]  ¹¹ tn Heb “from the breaking of the spirit.”