Isaiah 1:29
New International Version
“You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.

New Living Translation
You will be ashamed of your idol worship in groves of sacred oaks. You will blush because you worshiped in gardens dedicated to idols.

English Standard Version
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.

Berean Standard Bible
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

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

New King James Version
For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees Which you have desired; And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens Which you have chosen.

New American Standard Bible
You certainly will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed by the gardens which you have chosen.

NASB 1995
Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.

NASB 1977
Surely, you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.

Legacy Standard Bible
For you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be humiliated because of the gardens which you have chosen.

Amplified Bible
For you will be ashamed [of the degradation] of the oaks in which you took [idolatrous] pleasure, And you will be ashamed of the gardens [of passion] which you have chosen [for pagan worship].

Christian Standard Bible
Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you desired, and you will be embarrassed because of the garden shrines you have chosen.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you desired, and you will be embarrassed because of the gardens you have chosen.

American Standard 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.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because they will be ashamed of the idols for which they lusted and they shall ashamed of the hiding places that they chose

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they delighted in, and they are made ashamed of the gardens which they coveted.

Contemporary English Version
You will be made ashamed of those groves of trees where you worshiped idols.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.

English Revised 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
You will be ashamed of the oaks that you wanted to worship and embarrassed by the garden that you have chosen for your gods.

Good News Translation
You will be sorry that you ever worshiped trees and planted sacred gardens.

International Standard Version
They'll be ashamed of the oak trees that you desired; and you'll blush because of the gardens that you have chosen.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths which ye have desired, And ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

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

Majority Standard Bible
Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen.

New American Bible
You shall be ashamed of the terebinths which you desired, and blush on account of the gardens which you chose.

NET Bible
Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship.

New Revised Standard Version
For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.

New Heart English Bible
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

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

World English Bible
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

Young's Literal Translation
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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Context
The Corruption of Zion
28But rebels and sinners will together be shattered, and those who forsake the LORD will perish. 29Surely you will be ashamed of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be embarrassed by the gardens that you have chosen. 30For you will become like an oak whose leaves are withered, like a garden without water.…

Cross References
Isaiah 42:17
But those who trust in idols and say to molten images, 'You are our gods!' will be turned back in utter shame.

Isaiah 57:5
who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?

Isaiah 65:3
to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,

Isaiah 66:17
"Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves--to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats--will perish together," declares the LORD.

Hosea 4:13
They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.


Treasury of Scripture

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

ashamed

Isaiah 30:22
Ye shall defile also the covering of thy graven images of silver, and the ornament of thy molten images of gold: thou shalt cast them away as a menstruous cloth; thou shalt say unto it, Get thee hence.

Isaiah 31:7
For in that day every man shall cast away his idols of silver, and his idols of gold, which your own hands have made unto you for a sin.

Isaiah 45:16
They shall be ashamed, and also confounded, all of them: they shall go to confusion together that are makers of idols.

the oaks

Isaiah 57:5
Enflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree, slaying the children in the valleys under the clifts of the rocks?

Ezekiel 6:13
Then shall ye know that I am the LORD, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

Hosea 4:13
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

the gardens

Isaiah 65:3
A people that provoketh me to anger continually to my face; that sacrificeth in gardens, and burneth incense upon altars of brick;

Isaiah 66:17
They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine's flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 2:20
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.

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Isaiah 1
1. Isaiah complains of Judah for her rebellion
5. He laments her judgments
10. He upbraids their whole service
16. He exhorts to repentance, with promises and threats
21. Bewailing their wickedness, he denounces God's judgments
25. He promises grace
28. And threatens destruction to the wicked














(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. . . . Verse 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Surely
כִּ֣י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

you will be ashamed
יֵבֹ֔שׁוּ (yê·ḇō·šū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 954: To pale, to be ashamed, to be disappointed, delayed

of the sacred oaks
מֵאֵילִ֖ים (mê·’ê·lîm)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 352: Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree

in which you have delighted;
חֲמַדְתֶּ֑ם (ḥă·maḏ·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2530: To desire, take pleasure in

you will be embarrassed
וְתַ֨חְפְּר֔וּ (wə·ṯaḥ·pə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2659: To blush, to be ashamed, disappointed, to shame, reproach

by the gardens
מֵהַגַּנּ֖וֹת (mê·hag·gan·nō·wṯ)
Preposition-m, Article | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1593: A garden

that
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you have chosen.
בְּחַרְתֶּֽם׃ (bə·ḥar·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 977: To try, select


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