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Isaiah Chapter 1 verse 29 Holy Bible

ASV Isaiah 1:29

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
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BBE Isaiah 1:29

For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.
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DARBY Isaiah 1:29

For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen.
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KJV Isaiah 1:29

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
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WBT Isaiah 1:29

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WEB Isaiah 1:29

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
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YLT Isaiah 1:29

For `men' are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 29. - The oaks which ye have desired are, primarily, the "green trees" under which images were set up (2 Kings 17:10), but perhaps represent also any worldly attractions which draw the soul away from God - as wealth, or power, or honors. In the day of suffering, sinners are ashamed of having been led away by such poor temptations as those to which they have yielded (comp. Romans 6:21, "What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed?"). The gardens. Kay suggests "idolatrous pleasure-gardens as those at Daphne, near Antioch, "which is a reasonable exegesis. Such were probably to be found wherever Astarte, or the "Dea Syra," was worshipped.

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(29) They shall be ashamed of the oaks . . .--Better, terebinths. The words point to the groves that were so closely connected with the idolatry of Canaan, especially with the worship of the asherah, and which the people had chosen in preference to the sanctuary of Jehovah (Isaiah 17:8; Isaiah 57:5; Isaiah 66:17; Deuteronomy 16:21; 2Kings 16:4; Jeremiah 3:6). Greek worship presents the parallels of the groves of Daphne at Antioch, and those of Dodona and of the Eumenides at Colonos. The "gardens" were the precinct planted round the central tree or grove. . . .