Verse 15

Isaiah 42:15

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

15 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.
Original Language Text
hebrew
אַחֲרִ֤יב הָרִים֙ וּ/גְבָע֔וֹת וְ/כָל עֶשְׂבָּ֖/ם אוֹבִ֑ישׁ וְ/שַׂמְתִּ֤י נְהָרוֹת֙ לָֽ/אִיִּ֔ים וַ/אֲגַמִּ֖ים אוֹבִֽישׁ
English Translation
I will destroy the mountains and the hills and all the grass; I will make rivers into islands and marshes into desolation.
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Chapter 42 Context
1 Behold my servant, I will uphold him: my elect, my soul delighteth in him: I have given my spirit up... Focus ↗
2 He shall not cry, nor have respect to person, neither shall his voice be heard abroad. Focus ↗
3 The bruised reed he shall not break, and smoking flax he shall not quench: he shall bring forth judg... Focus ↗
4 He shall not be sad, nor troublesome, till he set judgment in the earth: and the islands shall wait... Focus ↗
5 Thus saith the Lord God (Elohim) that created the heavens, and stretched them out: that established... Focus ↗
6 I the Lord have called thee in justice, and taken thee by the hand, and preserved thee. And I have g... Focus ↗
7 That thou mightest open the eyes of the blind, and bring forth the prisoner out of prison, and them... Focus ↗
8 I the Lord, this is my name: I will not give my glory to another, nor my praise to graven things. Focus ↗
9 The things that were first, behold they are come: and new things do I declare: before they spring fo... Focus ↗
10 Sing ye to the Lora a new song, his praise is from the ends of the earth: you that go down to the se... Focus ↗
11 Let the desert and the cities thereof be exalted: Cedar shall dwell in houses: ye inhabitants of Pet... Focus ↗
12 They shall give glory to the Lord, and shall declare his praise in the islands. Focus ↗
13 The Lord shall go forth as a mighty man, as a man of war shall he stir up zeal: he shall shout and c... Focus ↗
14 I have always held my peace, I have I kept silence, I have been patient, I will speak now as a woman... Focus ↗
15 I will lay waste the mountains and hills, and will make all their grass to wither: and I will turn r...
16 And I will lead the blind into the way which they know not: and in the paths which they were ignoran... Focus ↗
17 They are turned back: let them be greatly confounded, that trust in a graven thing, that say to a mo... Focus ↗
18 Hear, ye deaf, and, ye blind, behold that you may see. Focus ↗
19 Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, but he to whom I have sent my messengers? Who is blind, but h... Focus ↗
20 Thou that seest many things, wilt thou not observe them? thou that hast ears open, wilt thou not hea... Focus ↗
21 And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and exalt it. Focus ↗
22 But this is a people that is robbed and wasted: they are all the snare of young men, and they are hi... Focus ↗
23 Who is there among you that will give ear to this, that will attend and hearken for times to come? Focus ↗
24 Who hath given Jacob for a spoil, and Israel to robbers? hath not the Lord himself, against whom we... Focus ↗
25 And he hath poured out upon him the indignation of his fury, and a strong battle, and hath burnt him... Focus ↗