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Isaiah 42:15

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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ASV

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.

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.

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11 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אַחֲרִ֤יב'a.cha.RivI will lay wasteH2717 →
הָרִים֙ha.RimmountainsH2022 →
וּגְבָע֔וֹתu.ge.va.'otand hillsH1389 →
וְכָל־ve.kholand allH3605 →
עֶשְׂבָּ֖ם'es.Bamvegetation theirH6212 →
אוֹבִ֑ישׁ'o.VishI will dry upH3001 →
וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יve.sam.Tiand I will makeH7760 →
נְהָרוֹת֙ne.ha.rOtriversH5104 →
לָֽאִיִּ֔יםla.'i.Yim<into> <the> islandsH339 →
וַאֲגַמִּ֖יםva.'a.ga.Mimand poolsH98 →
אוֹבִֽישׁ׃'o.VishI will dry upH3001 →

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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.Nahum 1:4–6He rebukes the sea and dries it up; He makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither, and the flower of Lebanon wilts.Psalms 107:33He turns rivers into deserts, springs of water into thirsty ground,Isaiah 24:1Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants—Isaiah 44:27who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’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.Isaiah 2:12–16For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—John 12:46I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.Revelation 6:12–17And 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 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.Zechariah 10:11They will pass through the sea of distress and 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.Psalms 114:3–7The sea observed and fled; the Jordan turned back;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.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.Jeremiah 4:24I looked at the mountains, and behold, they were quaking; all the hills were swaying.Psalms 18:7Then the earth shook and quaked, and the foundations of the mountains trembled; they were shaken because He burned with anger.Habakkuk 3:6–10He stood and measured the earth; He looked and startled the nations; the ancient mountains crumbled; the perpetual hills collapsed. His ways are everlasting.Isaiah 49:11I will turn all My mountains into roads, and My highways will be raised up.

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