Isaiah 1:30
For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades, 1 and like a garden that has no water. 1
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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 58:11Then Yahweh will lead you continually and satisfy you in regions where there is no water, 1 and he will strengthen your bones. You will be like a watered garden, 1 and like a spring of water, whose waters never fail. 1
Jeremiah 17:5Yahweh says, “The person who trusts in mankind is accursed; 1 he makes flesh his strength but turns his heart away from Yahweh. 1
Ezekiel 17:9Say to the people, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Will it prosper? 1 Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it withers, and all its fresh growth will wither? 1 No strong arm or many people will be needed to pull it out by its roots. 1
Ezekiel 31:4Many waters made it tall; the deep waters made it huge. Rivers flowed all around its area, 1 for their channels stretched out to all the trees in the field. 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 →