15I make waste mountains and hills, And all their herbs I dry up, And I have made rivers become isles, And ponds I dry up.


In Context

12 They ascribe to Jehovah honour, And His praise in the isles they declare.

13 Jehovah as a mighty one goeth forth. As a man of war He stirreth up zeal, He crieth, yea, He shrieketh, Against His enemies He showeth Himself mighty.

14 I have kept silent from of old, I keep silent, I refrain myself, As a travailing woman I cry out, I desolate and swallow up together.

15 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.

16 And I have caused the blind to go, In a way they have not known, In paths they have not known I cause them to tread, I make a dark place before them become light, And unlevelled places become a plain, These are the things I have done to them, And I have not forsaken them.

17 Removed backward — utterly ashamed, Are those trusting in a graven image, Those saying to a molten image, 'Ye are our gods.'

Isaiah 42:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:15I 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.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

42:15I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation; I will turn rivers into islands and dry up the pools.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

42:15I 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.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

42:15I 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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:15I 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.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

42:15I 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.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:15I 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

42:15I will destroy mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs. I will make the rivers islands, and will dry up the pools.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

42:15I 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.