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

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Isaiah 42 contains 25 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.