Isaiah 1:29
For people shall be ashamed because of the terebinths which ye had desired, and ye shall be put to the blush because of the gardens that ye had chosen.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
30For ye shall be as a terebinth the leaves of which wither, and as a garden that hath no water.
Cross References
Isaiah 31:7For on that day shall every man despise his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.
Isaiah 57:5That are inflamed after the idols under every green tree; that slaughter the children in the valleys under the clefts of the rocks?
Isaiah 66:17They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves for the gardens, behind one tree in the midst, they who eat the flesh of the swine, and the abomination, and the mouse, together shall they perish, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 3:6And the Lord said unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen what backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and hath played the harlot there.
Ezekiel 16:63In order that thou mayest remember, and feel ashamed, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy confusion, when I forgive thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord Eternal.
Hosea 4:13Upon the tops of the mountains do they sacrifice, and upon the hills burn they incense, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because their shadow is good: therefore will your daughters play the harlot, and your daughter-in-law will commit adultery.
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:22-31
The Degeneracy of Jerusalem; Reformation of the Church. ( b. c. 738.) 21 How is the faithful city become a harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers. 22 Thy silver is become dross, thy wine mixed with water: 23 Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them. 24 Therefore saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts, the mighty One of Israel, Ah, I… Read the whole commentary →