Isaiah 42:15
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15 I will lay waste mountains and hills
and dry up all their herbage;
I will turn the rivers into islands
and dry up the pools.(A)
Isaiah 50:2
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2 Why was no one there when I came?
Why did no one answer when I called?
Is my arm powerless to redeem?
Or have I no strength to deliver?
By my rebuke I dry up the sea;
I make the rivers a desert,
so that their fish stink for lack of water
and die of thirst.[a](A)
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- 50.2 Or die on the thirsty ground
Nahum 1:4-6
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4 He rebukes the sea and makes it dry,
and he dries up all the rivers;
Bashan and Carmel wither,
and the bloom of Lebanon fades.
5 The mountains quake before him,
and the hills melt;
the earth heaves before him,
the world and all who live in it.(A)
6 Who can stand before his indignation?
Who can endure the heat of his anger?
His wrath is poured out like fire,
and by him the rocks are broken in pieces.(B)
Isaiah 44:27
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27 who says to the deep, “Be dry—
I will dry up your rivers”;(A)
Revelation 20:11
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11 Then I saw a great white throne and the one who sat on it; the earth and the heaven fled from his[a] presence, and no place was found for them.(A)
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Isaiah 2:12-16
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12 For the Lord of hosts has a day
against all that is proud and lofty,
against all that is lifted up and high;[a](A)
13 against all the cedars of Lebanon,
lofty and lifted up;
and against all the oaks of Bashan;(B)
14 against all the high mountains
and against all the lofty hills;(C)
15 against every high tower
and against every fortified wall;
16 against all the ships of Tarshish
and against all the highly prized vessels.(D)
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- 2.12 Cn Compare Gk: Heb low
Revelation 16:18
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18 And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, and a violent earthquake, such as had not occurred since people were upon the earth, so violent was that earthquake.(A)
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Revelation 16:12
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12 The sixth angel poured his bowl on the great River Euphrates, and its water was dried up in order to prepare the way for the kings from the east.(A)
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Revelation 11:13
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13 At that moment there was a great earthquake, and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.(A)
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Revelation 8:7-12
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7 The first angel blew his trumpet, and there came hail and fire, mixed with blood, and they were hurled to the earth, and a third of the earth was burned up, and a third of the trees were burned up, and all green grass was burned up.(A)
8 The second angel blew his trumpet, and something like a great mountain, burning with fire, was thrown into the sea.(B) 9 A third of the sea became blood, a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.
10 The third angel blew his trumpet, and a great star fell from heaven, blazing like a torch, and it fell on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water.(C) 11 The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many died from the water because it was made bitter.(D)
12 The fourth angel blew his trumpet, and a third of the sun was struck, and a third of the moon, and a third of the stars, so that a third of their light was darkened; a third of the day was kept from shining and likewise the night.(E)
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Revelation 6:12-17
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12 When he broke the sixth seal, I looked, and there was a great earthquake; the sun became black as sackcloth, the full moon became like blood,(A) 13 and the stars of the sky fell to the earth as the fig tree drops its winter fruit when shaken by a gale.(B) 14 The sky vanished like a scroll rolling itself up, and every mountain and island was removed from its place.(C) 15 Then the kings of the earth and the magnates and the generals and the rich and the powerful and everyone, slave and free, hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains,(D) 16 calling to the mountains and rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the one seated on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb,(E) 17 for the great day of their[a] wrath has come, and who is able to stand?”(F)
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Zechariah 10:11
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11 They[a] shall pass through the sea of distress,
and the waves of the sea shall be struck down,
and all the depths of the Nile dried up.
The pride of Assyria shall be laid low,
and the scepter of Egypt shall depart.(A)
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- 10.11 Gk: Heb He
Haggai 2:6
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6 For thus says the Lord of hosts: Once again, in a little while, I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land,(A)
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Habakkuk 3:6-10
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6 He stopped and shook the earth;
he looked and made the nations tremble.
The eternal mountains were shattered;
along his ancient pathways
the everlasting hills sank low.(A)
7 I saw the tents of Cushan under affliction;
the tent curtains of the land of Midian trembled.
8 Was your wrath against the rivers,[a] O Lord,
or your anger against the rivers[b]
or your rage against the sea,[c]
when you drove your horses,
your chariots to victory?(B)
9 You brandished your naked bow;
sated[d] were the arrows at your command.[e] Selah
You split the earth with rivers.(C)
10 The mountains saw you and writhed;
a torrent of water swept by;
the deep gave forth its voice.
The sun raised high its hands;(D)
Ezekiel 38:20
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20 the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and the animals of the field and all creeping things that creep on the ground and all humans who are on the face of the earth shall quake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the cliffs shall fall, and every wall shall tumble to the ground.(A)
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Jeremiah 4:24
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24 I looked on the mountains, and they were quaking,
and all the hills moved to and fro.(A)
Isaiah 49:11
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11 And I will turn all my mountains into a road,
and my highways shall be raised up.(A)
Isaiah 11:15-16
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15 And the Lord will dry up[a]
the tongue of the sea of Egypt
and will wave his hand over the River
with his scorching wind
and will split it into seven channels
and make a way to cross on foot;(A)
16 so there shall be a highway from Assyria
for the remnant that is left of his people,
as there was for Israel
when they came up from the land of Egypt.(B)
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- 11.15 Gk Syr: Heb destroy
Psalm 114:3-7
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3 The sea looked and fled;
Jordan turned back.(A)
4 The mountains skipped like rams,
the hills like lambs.(B)
5 Why is it, O sea, that you flee?
O Jordan, that you turn back?
6 O mountains, that you skip like rams?
O hills, like lambs?
7 Tremble, O earth, at the presence of the Lord,
at the presence of the God of Jacob,(C)
Psalm 107:33-34
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33 He turns rivers into a desert,
springs of water into thirsty ground,(A)
34 a fruitful land into a salty waste,
because of the wickedness of its inhabitants.(B)
Psalm 18:7
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7 Then the earth reeled and rocked;
the foundations also of the mountains trembled
and reeled because he was angry.(A)
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