Isaiah 1:29

For they shall be ashamed 1 of the sacred oaks which ye have delighted in, 1 and ye shall blush 1 for the gannot (gardens) that ye have chosen. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

In Context

28And the destruction of the poshe'im and of the chote'im shall be together, 1 and they that forsake Hashem shall be consumed. 1

30For ye shall be as an oak 1 whose leaf fadeth, 1 and as a garden 1 that hath no mayim. + 1:30 T.N. The unquenchable fire of the apostate in the first chapter points to the unquenchable fire of Gehinnom in the last verse of the last chapter ( 66:24 ) and the loathesomeness of those there — Dan 12:2 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 31:7For in that day every ish shall cast away his elilim of kesef, and his elilim of zahav, which your own hands have made unto you as a chet. 1

Isaiah 57:5Enflaming yourselves among + 57:5 cult prostitution and Ba'al sympathetic magic in worshipping fertility elim (oaks, big trees) 1 under every spreading tree, 1 slaughtering the yeladim in the valleys 1 under the clefts of the rocks? 1

Isaiah 66:17They that set themselves apart as kodesh, and purify themselves to go into the ganot, following the one in the midst, eating basar hachazir, and the sheketz, and the akhbar (mouse), shall be consumed together, saith Hashem.

Jeremiah 3:6Hashem said also unto me in the days of Yoshiyah HaMelech, Hast thou seen that which meshuvah Yisroel (backsliding Yisroel) hath done? She is gone up upon every high hill and under every green tree, and there hath played the zonah.

Ezekiel 16:63That thou mayest remember, and be ashamed, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I have made kapporah (atonement) + 16:63 i.e., when I am pacified, appeased toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith Adonoi Hashem.

Hosea 4:13They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, 1 and burn incense upon the hills, 1 under oak and poplar and terebinth, 1 because the shade thereof is tov; 1 therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, 1 and your daughters-in-law shall commit ni'uf (adultery). 1

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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