I will pour, &c. These promises all refer to the day of Israel's future restoration.
spirit. Hebrew. ruach. App-9. For this promise, see Ezekiel 36:25-30; Ezekiel 39:29. Compare Isaiah 32:15; Isaiah 59:21.Joel 2:28; Zechariah 12:10. It began at Pentecost (Acts 2:16); but the kingdom was then rejected (Acts 28:25; Acts 28:26), and the promise is now in abeyance. Compare Joel 2:28, "afterward".