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.

Cross-reference

In Isaiah 11:15, the Lord dries up the River (Euphrates) to make a crossing for the exiles — the same miracle of turning waters into dry land.

Isaiah 44:27 uses the same language of God drying up rivers — a direct parallel to the judgment on waters here.

Isaiah 50:2 Parallel

Isaiah 50:2 also speaks of God drying up the sea and turning rivers into a desert — the same judgment on waters.

Isaiah 24:1 Parallel

Isaiah 24:1 describes the Lord emptying and desolating the earth, reinforcing the same theme of divine judgment on the natural world.

Isaiah 51:10 recalls God drying up the Red Sea, using the same 'dry up' imagery as here — both show God's power over waters.

Isaiah 40:4 Contrast

In Isaiah 40:4, mountains are made low and valleys lifted to prepare a road for God — similar geographical transformation but for redemption rather than judgment.

Psalm 107:33 says God turns rivers into a desert — the exact same action of drying up waters as judgment.

In Nahum 1:4-6, God dries up rivers and makes mountains quake — directly echoing the same theophanic language.

In Habakkuk 3:6-10, mountains scatter and waters surge as God appears — parallel to the drying and wasting in Isaiah.

In Zechariah 10:11, the drying up of the Nile and sea recalls the same act of God drying rivers and pools.

In Revelation 16:12, the Euphrates is dried up — directly parallel to turning rivers into islands and drying pools.

Psalm 114:3-5 recalls the sea fleeing and Jordan turning back at the Exodus — the same power over waters and mountains shown in judgment here.

In Revelation 8:7-12, hail, fire, and a mountain thrown into sea destroy vegetation and waters — echoes the waste and drying.