isaiah 42:15 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

Isaiah 42:15

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “I will lay waste the mountains and hills And wither all their vegetation; I will make the rivers into coastlands And dry up the ponds.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers [to be] islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— I will lay waste mountains, and hills, And, all their vegetation, will I wither,—And I will make, rivers, to be, shores, And, lakes, will I dry up:
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and will make all their grass to wither: and I will turn rivers into islands, and will dry up the standing pools.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— I will make waste mountaines, and hilles, and drie vp all their herbes, and I will make the floods ylands, and I will drie vp the pooles.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— I will make waste mountaines and hilles, and dry vp all their herbes, and I will make the riuers Ilands, and I will dry vp the pooles.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— I will lay waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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.

I will make waste 2717

{2717} Prime
חָרַב
charab
{khaw-rab'}

A primitive root; to parch (through drought), that is, (by analogy) to desolate, destroy, kill.

z8686

<8686> Grammar

Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046

mountains 2022

{2022} Prime
הַר
har
{har}

A shortened form of H2042; a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively).

and hills, 1389

{1389} Prime
גִּבְעָה
gib`ah
{ghib-aw'}

Feminine from the same as H1387; a hillock.

and dry up 3001

{3001} Prime
יָבֵשׁ
yabesh
{yaw-bashe'}

A primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage).

z8686

<8686> Grammar

Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046

all x3605

(3605) Complement
כֹּל
kol
{kole}

From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).

their herbs; 6212

{6212} Prime
עֵשֶׂב
`eseb
{eh'-seb}

From an unused root meaning to glisten (or be green); grass (or any tender shoot).

and I will make 7760

{7760} Prime
שׂוּם
suwm
{soom}

A primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literally, figuratively, inferentially and elliptically).

z8804

<8804> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Perfect (See H8816)
Count - 12562

the rivers 5104

{5104} Prime
נָהָר
nahar
{naw-hawr'}

From H5102; a stream (including the sea; especially the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity.

islands, 339

{0339} Prime
אִי
'iy
{ee}

From H0183; properly a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an island.

and I will dry up 3001

{3001} Prime
יָבֵשׁ
yabesh
{yaw-bashe'}

A primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage).

z8686

<8686> Grammar

Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 4046

the pools. 98

{0098} Prime
אֲגַם
'agam
{ag-am'}

From an unused root (meaning to collect as water); a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds.

See commentary on Isaiah 42:13-16.

Isaiah 42:15

_ _ I will destroy all My foes.

_ _ mountains — in Palestine usually planted with vines and olives in terraces, up to their tops.

_ _ islands — rather, “dry lands.” God will destroy His foes, the heathen, and their idols, and “dry up” the fountains of their oracles, their doctrines and institutions, the symbol of which is water, and their schools which promoted idolatry [Vitringa].

See commentary on Isaiah 42:13-17.

Isaiah 42:15

Hills — My most lofty and flourishing enemies. Dry up — I will remove all impediments out of the way.

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Isaiah 2:12-16 For the day of the LORD of hosts [shall be] upon every [one that is] proud and lofty, and upon every [one that is] lifted up; and he shall be brought low: ... And upon all the ships of Tarshish, and upon all pleasant pictures.

Isaiah 11:15-16 And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make [men] go over dryshod. ... And there shall be an highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria; like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of the land of Egypt.

Isaiah 44:27 That saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers:

Isaiah 49:11 And I will make all my mountains a way, and my highways shall be exalted.

Isaiah 50:2 Wherefore, when I came, [was there] no man? when I called, [was there] none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to deliver? behold, at my rebuke I dry up the sea, I make the rivers a wilderness: their fish stinketh, because [there is] no water, and dieth for thirst.

Psalms 18:7 Then the earth shook and trembled; the foundations also of the hills moved and were shaken, because he was wroth.

Psalms 107:33-34 He turneth rivers into a wilderness, and the watersprings into dry ground; ... A fruitful land into barrenness, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein.

Psalms 114:3-7 The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back. ... Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob;

Jeremiah 4:24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.

Nahum 1:4-6 He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth. ... Who can stand before his indignation? and who can abide in the fierceness of his anger? his fury is poured out like fire, and the rocks are thrown down by him.

Habakkuk 3:6-10 He stood, and measured the earth: he beheld, and drove asunder the nations; and the everlasting mountains were scattered, the perpetual hills did bow: his ways [are] everlasting. ... The mountains saw thee, [and] they trembled: the overflowing of the water passed by: the deep uttered his voice, [and] lifted up his hands on high.

Haggai 2:6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; Yet once, it [is] a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry [land];

Zechariah 10:11 And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

Revelation 6:12-17 And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; ... For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?

Revelation 8:7-12 The first angel sounded, and there followed hail and fire mingled with blood, and they were cast upon the earth: and the third part of trees was burnt up, and all green grass was burnt up. ... And the fourth angel sounded, and the third part of the sun was smitten, and the third part of the moon, and the third part of the stars; so as the third part of them was darkened, and the day shone not for a third part of it, and the night likewise.

Revelation 11:13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake, and the tenth part of the city fell, and in the earthquake were slain of men seven thousand: and the remnant were affrighted, and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Revelation 16:12 And the sixth angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

Revelation 16:18 And there were voices, and thunders, and lightnings; and there was a great earthquake, such as was not since men were upon the earth, so mighty an earthquake, [and] so great.

Revelation 20:11 And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them.

Ps 18:7; 107:33; 114:3. Is 2:12; 11:15; 44:27; 49:11; 50:2. Jr 4:24. Na 1:4. Hab 3:6. Hg 2:6. Zc 10:11. Rv 6:12; 8:7; 11:13; 16:12, 18; 20:11.