Isaiah 1:30
For 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
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
Cross References
Isaiah 58:11And Hashem shall guide thee tamid, 1 and satisfy thy nefesh in drought, 1 and strengthen thy atzmot; 1 and thou shalt be like a gan raveh (well-watered garden), 1 and like a motzah mayim (spring of water), 1 whose mayim fail not. 1
Jeremiah 17:5Thus saith Hashem: 1 Arur (cursed) be the gever that trusteth in adam, 1 and maketh basar his zero'a, 1 and whose lev turneth away from Hashem. 1
Ezekiel 17:9Say thou, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Shall it thrive? Shall he not pull up the shorashim (roots) thereof, and cut off the p'ri (fruit) thereof, that it wither? All of its tzemach (sprouted) leaves shall wither, even without great power or many peoples to pluck it up by the shorashim (roots) thereof.
Ezekiel 31:4The mayim made it grow, 1 the tehom (underground water) set him up in height 1 by her streams flowing 1 all around its planting, 1 and sent her rivulets 1 unto all the trees of the sadeh. 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 →