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Isaiah 42:15

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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אַחֲרִ֤יבacharivdesolateחָרַבverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “desolate”, an unfinished actionH2717to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, killdecay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.הָרִים֙harimhillהַרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “hill”, the ordinary formH2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)hill (country), mount(-ain), [idiom] promotion.וּגְבָע֔וֹתugevaotand hillגִּבְעָהconjunction, noun, common, feminine, plural, absolute — “and hill”, the ordinary formH1389a hillockhill, little hill.וְכָלvekhaland allכֹּלconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “and all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).עֶשְׂבָּ֖םesbamgrassעֶשֶׂבnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “grass”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6212grass (or any tender shoot)grass, herb.אוֹבִ֑ישׁovishbe ashamedיָבֵשׁverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be ashamed”, an unfinished actionH3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).וְשַׂמְתִּ֤יvesamtiand putשׂוּםconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 1st person, common, singular — “and put”, a completed action in a sequenceH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…נְהָרוֹת֙neharotfloodנָהָרnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “flood”, the ordinary formH5104a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperityflood, river.לָֽאִיִּ֔יםlaiyimto islandאִיpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “to island”, the ordinary formH339properly, a habitable spot (as desirable); dry land, a coast, an islandcountry, isle, island.וַאֲגַמִּ֖יםvaagamimand pondאֲגַםconjunction, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and pond”, the ordinary formH98a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reedspond, pool, standing (water).אוֹבִֽישׁovishbe ashamedיָבֵשׁverb, hiphil, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “be ashamed”, an unfinished actionH3001to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), [idiom] utterly, wither (away).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

I 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.

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American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Young’s Literal Translation

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.

World English Bible

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

Darby Translation

I 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.

Douay-Rheims

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.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

I 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.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

I will make desolate mountains and hills, and will dry up all their grass; and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἐρημώσω ὄρη καὶ βουνοὺς, καὶ πάντα χόρτον αὐτῶν ξηρανῶ· καὶ θήσω ποταμοὺς εἰς νήσους, καὶ ἕλη ξηρανῶ.