Isaiah 42:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

Isaiah 42:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will make waste mountains - This verse denotes the utter desolation which God would bring upon his foes in his anger. The meaning of this part of the verse is, that he would spread desolation o...
Isaiah 42:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Yahweh has long Restrained Himself: at last He will Crush His Foes and Help His Servants. Long inactive, Yahweh is now filled with desire to intervene. He will ravage and lay waste the lands of His...
Isaiah 42:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. I will reduce mountains and hills to a wilderness. The Prophet means that all the defences and military forces on which the wicked plume themselves shall not prevent God from setting...
Isaiah 42:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. I wilt make the rivers islands "I will make the rivers dry deserts"...
Isaiah 42:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I have long time holden my peace— These words contain a declaration of the divine counsel; wherein God teacheth, that, by calling the Gentiles to his communion, he should effect a great change in t...
Isaiah 42:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. I will make waste mountains - I will destroy all my proud a...
Isaiah 42:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ideal Servant 1-9. The characteristics and functions of Israel as the ideal Servant of Jehovah. 10-17 A song of praise to Jehovah. 18-25. The deficiencies of the actual Israel, considere...
Isaiah 42:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will make waste mountains... — The whole description is symbolic, and points to the subjugation of the heathen nations, the “rivers” and “pools” probably representing the kingdoms of the Tigris a...
Isaiah 42:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

BOOK 3 THE SERVANT OF THE LORD HAVING completed our survey of the fundamental truths of our prophecy, and studied the subject which forms its immediate and most urgent interest, the deliverance...
Isaiah 42:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Deaf and Blind Messenger Isaiah 42:14-25 There are times in our lives when God seems to hold His peace. Evil is rife, bad men prosper, society lies under the spell of vice. It is only tempor...
Isaiah 42:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The manifesto now presents the great Servant of Jehovah. His person is first described. His manifestation is announced (verse Isaiah 42:1 ), His mission is declared (verse Isaiah 42:1 ), His method...
Isaiah 42:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Nothing can be more blessed than these promises, when we behold them as our own, from a conscious oneness with Christ, and when we live upon them, from living upon him. Then we see that he who thus u...
Isaiah 42:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I will make waste mountains and hills ,.... Kingdoms, greater and lesser; kings and governors, as Jarchi interprets it; and so Kimchi understands it of the kings of the nations; by them are meant th...
Isaiah 42:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 15. I will make waste mountains and hills. ] I will rather...
Isaiah 42:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Lord shall go forth Namely, to battle against his enemies. He shall stir up jealousy His fierce indignation against the obstinate enemies of his Son and gospel. He shall cry, yea, roar As a...
Isaiah 42:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Judgment and Mercy. B. C. 708. 13 The L ORD shall go forth as a mighty man, he shall...
Isaiah 42:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will make waste mountains and hills; not dry and barren ones, for these were waste already, but such as are clothed with grass and herbs, as the following words imply; which is to be understood m...
Isaiah 42:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A Further Song of Deliverance And Judgment ( Isaiah 42:10-17 ). Following on the revelation of the Servant comes the joy of the nations in seeing God at work though Him. In this brief section move...
Isaiah 42:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

GOD’S TERRIBLENESS AND GENTLENESS Isaiah 42:14-16 . I will destroy and devour at once, &c. The measure of greatness is the measure of terribleness; constructiveness is the beneficent side of...
Isaiah 42:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 42:14-16 The solemn practical truth of the text is that God can do the most terrible things and the most gentle; that power belongeth unto God and also mercy; that He is either glorious as...
Isaiah 42:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

This book might well be called «the gospel according to Isaiah,» for it is full of evangelical truth. Isaiah 42:1 . Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have...
Isaiah 42:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 42:1 . Behold my servant. In the Chaldaic, the Messiah; and so the whole passage is cited from the LXX. Matthew 12:17-20 . All other applications of the word “servant” are superseded. Chri...
Isaiah 42:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Behold My Servant Who is the “servant of Jehovah”? The following are, in brief, the leading opinions which have been held: (1) Hitzig’s, that the Jewish people in exile is referred to, as di...
Isaiah 42:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 42:1-23 ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SERVANT OF THE LORD , AND THE WORK WHICH HE WILL PERFORM . There are comparatively few who deny that, in this place a...
Isaiah 42:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Joy Over the Judgment of Condemnation upon the Ungodly
Isaiah 42:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 3:6-10 ; Haggai 2:6 ; Isaiah 11:15 ; Isaiah 11:16 ; Isaiah 2:12-16 ; Isaiah 44:27 ; Isaiah 49:11 ; Isaiah 50:2 ; Jeremiah 4:24 ; Nahum 1:4-6 ; Psalms 107:33 ; Psalms 107:34 ; Ps...
Isaiah 42:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Hills — My most lofty and flourishing enemies. Dry up — I will remove all impediments out of the way.

Isaiah 42:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 42:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 42:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 42:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 42:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 42:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 42:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 42:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Isaiah 42:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Isaiah 42:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 42:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 42:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 42:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 42:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 42:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes