Isaiah 42:15 meaning and explanation

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.

Isaiah 42:15, Berean Standard Bible

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In Isaiah 42 the LORD speaks through the prophet to a people in exile, and in verses 14 to 16 He answers their long silence with decisive action. Verse 15 pictures that action in the language of a warrior and a woman in labor: mountains laid waste, vegetation dried up, rivers turned to dry land, marshes drained.

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