Isaiah 1:30

For you are as an oak whose leaf is fading, || And as a garden that has no water.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

In Context

29For [men] are ashamed because of the oaks || That you have desired, || And you are confounded because of the gardens || That you have chosen.

31And the strong has been for tow, || And his work for a spark, || And both of them have burned together, || And there is none quenching!

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Cross References

Isaiah 58:11And YHWH continually leads you, || And has satisfied your soul in drought, || And He arms your bones, || And you have been as a watered garden, || And as an outlet of waters, whose waters do not lie.

Jeremiah 17:5Thus said YHWH: “Cursed [is] the man who trusts in man, || And has made flesh his arm, || And whose heart turns from YHWH.

Ezekiel 17:9Say, Thus said Lord YHWH: It prospers—does he not draw out its roots, || And cut off its fruit, and it is withered? [In] all the leaves of its springing it withers, || And not by great strength, or by numerous people, || To lift it up by its roots.

Ezekiel 31:4Waters have made it great, || The deep has exalted him with its flowings, || Going around its planting, || And it has sent forth its conduits to all trees of the field.

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 →

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