Ésaïe 42:15

15 Je ravagerai montagnes et collines, Et j'en dessécherai toute la verdure; Je changerai les fleuves en terre ferme, Et je mettrai les étangs à sec.

Ésaïe 42:15 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 42:15

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 the emperors of Rome, and their governors under them, that set themselves against Christ and his Gospel, but were overcome by him; these mountains and hills became a plain before him: "every mountain and island were moved out of their places, and the kings of the earth, and the great men hid themselves in the dens, and in the rocks of the mountains, and called upon them to fall on them, and hide them from the wrath of the Lamb", ( Revelation 6:14-16 ) : and dry up all their herbs;
the common people, and common soldiers that were with them, and on their side; comparable, for smallness, weakness, and number, to the grass of the mountains and hills: and I will make the rivers islands, and dry up the pools;
extirpate all the remains of idolatry, rivers and fountains being sacred with the Heathens, as mountains and hills were places where sacrifices were offered to idols. Unless by it rather should be meant, that the Lord would remove all impediments out of the way of his people, or which were obstacles of their conversion; just as he dried up the waters of the Red sea and Jordan, to make way for the people of Israel; to which the allusion may be, and which agrees with the following words.

Ésaïe 42:15 In-Context

13 L'Eternel s'avance comme un héros, Il excite son ardeur comme un homme de guerre; Il élève la voix, il jette des cris, Il manifeste sa force contre ses ennemis.

14 J'ai longtemps gardé le silence, je me suis tu, je me suis contenu; Je crierai comme une femme en travail, Je serai haletant et je soufflerai tout à la fois.

15 Je ravagerai montagnes et collines, Et j'en dessécherai toute la verdure; Je changerai les fleuves en terre ferme, Et je mettrai les étangs à sec.

16 Je ferai marcher les aveugles sur un chemin qu'ils ne connaissent pas, Je les conduirai par des sentiers qu'ils ignorent; Je changerai devant eux les ténèbres en lumière, Et les endroits tortueux en plaine: Voilà ce que je ferai, et je ne les abandonnerai point.

17 Ils reculeront, ils seront confus, Ceux qui se confient aux idoles taillées, Ceux qui disent aux idoles de fonte: Vous êtes nos dieux!