Isaiah 42:15
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.”
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“I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Isaiah 42:15 — 20 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.
- Psalms 107:33He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,
- Psalms 114:3The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;
- Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted— it will be humbled—
- Isaiah 11:15The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.
- Isaiah 44:27who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
- Isaiah 49:11I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.
- Isaiah 50:2Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
- Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.
- Ezekiel 38:20The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground.
- Nahum 1:4He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.
- Habakkuk 3:6He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.
- Haggai 2:6For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Once more, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land.
- Zechariah 10:11They will pass through the sea of distressand strike the waves of the sea;all the depths of the Nile will dry up.The pride of Assyria will be brought down,and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
- Revelation 6:12And when I saw the Lamb open the sixth seal, there was a great earthquake, and the sun became black like sackcloth of goat hair, and the whole moon turned blood red,
- Revelation 8:7Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.
- Revelation 11:13And in that hour there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand were killed in the quake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
- Revelation 16:12And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
- Revelation 16:18And there were flashes of lightning, and rumblings, and peals of thunder, and a great earthquake the likes of which had not occurred since men were upon the earth—so mighty was the great quake.
- Revelation 20:11Then I saw a great white throne and the One seated on it. Earth and heaven fled from His presence, and no place was found for them.
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