Isaiah 42:15
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Isaiah 42:15 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Isaiah 42:15 is a verse from the book of Isaiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Isaiah 42:15 — KJV
“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 (KJV)
Isaiah 42:15 in Context — About the Book of Isaiah
Isaiah is the prince of prophets — soaring visions of God's holiness, searing warnings, and the Old Testament's clearest portraits of the coming Messiah: born of a virgin, wounded for our transgressions, a man of sorrows. Comfort and strength for the weary run through every chapter.
Cross-References for Isaiah 42:15
“And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it. dry: Heb. drought all...: Heb. the fulness thereof”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 42:15: make, waste, dry
“Therefore, ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys, to the desolate wastes, and to the cities that are forsaken, which became a prey and derision to the residue of the heathen that are round about; rivers: or, bottoms, or, dales”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 42:15: waste, mountains, hills
“And say, Ye mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD; Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains, and to the hills, to the rivers, and to the valleys; Behold, I, even I, will bring a sword upon you, and I will destroy your high places.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 42:15: mountains, hills, rivers
“Behold, therefore I am against thee, and against thy rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from the tower of Syene even unto the border of Ethiopia. utterly...: Heb. wastes of waste from...: or, from Migdol to Syene Syene: Heb. Seveneh”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 42:15: make, waste, rivers
“And I will fill his mountains with his slain men: in thy hills, and in thy valleys, and in all thy rivers, shall they fall that are slain with the sword.”
Shares key themes with Isaiah 42:15: mountains, hills, rivers
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