Isaiah 42:15

I will lay waste mountains and hills, And dry up all their herbs. I will make the river solid land, And dry up the pools of water.

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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 have long held my peace; I have been still and refrained myself; But now will I cry like a woman in travail; I will destroy and swallow up at once.

16Then will I lead the blind in a way which they know not, And in unknown paths will I guide them; I will make darkness light before them, And crooked paths straight; These things will I do for them, and not forsake them.”

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Cross References

Psalms 18:7Then the earth quaked and trembled; The foundations of the mountains rocked and were shaken, Because his wrath was kindled.

Psalms 114:3The sea beheld, and fled; The Jordan turned back.

Isaiah 11:15Then will Jehovah utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, And shake his hand over the river with a mighty wind, And smite it into seven streams, So that men may go over it dry-shod.

Isaiah 49:11And I will make all my mountains a highway; And my roads shall be prepared.

Jeremiah 4:24I look to the mountains, and lo! they tremble, And all the hills shake.

Nahum 1:4He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, And drieth up all the rivers. Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, And the flower of Lebanon languisheth.

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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