Isaiah 42:15

I will dry up the mountains and the hills, and make all their greenery wither. I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.

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In The King James Version

I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.

In Context

14“I didn't say anything for a long time, I kept quiet and restrained myself. But now like a woman giving birth, I will moan and gasp and pant.

16I will lead the blind along a road they don't know; I will guide them along paths they don't know. I will turn darkness into light before them, and smooth out the rough places. This is what I'm going to do for them; I won't let them down.

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Cross References

Psalms 18:7The earth shook to and fro; the foundations of the mountains trembled, shaking because of his anger.

Psalms 114:3The Red Sea saw them and ran away; the Jordan River retreated.

Isaiah 11:15The Lord will divide the Gulf of Suez; he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River creating a scorching wind. He will split it into seven streams so that people can cross easily on foot.

Isaiah 49:11I will turn all my mountains into a road; my highways will be really high!

Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and saw that they were shaking; all the hills were swaying to and fro.

Nahum 1:4He commands the sea and makes it dry; he dries up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon fades.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 42:14-18

Judgment and Mercy. ( b. c. 708.) 13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall stir up jealousy like a man of war: he shall cry, yea, roar; he shall prevail against his enemies. 14 I have long time holden my peace; I have been still, and refrained myself: now will I cry like a travailing woman; I will destroy and devour at once. 15 I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools. 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that… Read the whole commentary →

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