For they shall be ashamed of the oaks, or terebinths, which ye have desired, they will be brought to shame on account of the groves where they practiced idolatry, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen, where idolatry and other vices held full sway.
Verse Isaiah 1:29. _FOR THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED OF THE OAKS_ - "For ye shall be ashamed of the ilexes"] Sacred groves were a very ancient and favourite appendage of idolatry. They were furnished with t...
FOR THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED - That is, when they see the punishment that their idolatry has brought upon them, they shall be ashamed of the folly and degradation of their worship. Moreover, the gods in...
ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS The reader will find that every chapter has been analyzed as to its contents. We have not made copious annotations, because the three lectures on the book of Isaiah as found a...
A fragment on tree-worship, possibly late, but probably Isaiah's. It is an immemorial form of idolatry (p. 100), and persists to the present time. The prophet warns his hearers that they will be disap...
OAKS: the trees resorted to for idolatrous worship (Isaiah 57:5; Isaiah 65:3; Isaiah 66:17; 2 Kings 16:4;...
THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED OF THE OAKS, &C.— The prophet here manifestly alludes to the ancient mode of idolatry in sacred groves and gardens, which consisted of tall, thick, and leafy trees, among which o...
b. THE RESULTS OF JUDGMENT, A CLEANSED CITY TEXT: Isaiah 1:24-31 24 Therefore saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine adversaries, and avenge me of mi...
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED (Romans 6:21) OF THE OAKS. Others translate ( 'eey...
THE OAKS] mentioned as connected with idolatrous worship: cp. 2 Kings 16:4; 2 Kings 17:10. Sacred trees were supposed to be inhabited by a deity, to whom the worship was offered. The prophet indicates...
JEHOVAH'S ARRAIGNMENT OF HIS PEOPLE This chapter is general in character, and much of it (e.g. Isaiah 1:10) might refer to almost any period. This general character of the prophecy renders it especial...
But God will *destroy all who continue to oppose him. False gods (‘sacred trees and sacred gardens’) have no life in them to give to people who *worship them. JERUSALEM ~ at the time of David and Sol...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS ISAIAH DECLARES HOW GOD’S PEOPLE SHOULD BE LIVING ISAIAH CHAPTER S 1 TO 9 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 1 WHAT THIS BOOK IS ABOUT V1 Messages about Judah and *Jerus...
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...
כִּ֣י יֵבֹ֔שׁוּ מֵ אֵילִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲמַדְתֶּ֑ם...
CHAPTER I THE ARGUMENT OF THE LORD AND ITS CONCLUSION Isaiah 1:1 -His General Preface THE first chapter of the Book of Isaiah owes its position not to its date, but to its character. It was publishe...
A NATION PURGED OF DROSS BY DISASTER Isaiah 1:21-31 The great lover of our souls does not abandon His people even when they spurn the first overtures of His appealing pity. Though they refuse to yiel...
Isaiah was a prophet to Judah. He exercised his ministry wholly within her borders, and with a view to her correction and comfort. His burdens of the nations were uttered concerning those nations whic...
For they shall be ashamed of the (o) oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. (o) That is, the trees and pleasant places where you commit idolatry w...
_Idols. Protestants, "oaks, which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens," &c. (Haydock) --- the groves were sacred to Venus, and the gardens to Adonis, and were scenes of the gre...
How very blessed is it to behold divine grace triumphing over human transgression: and the Lord who alone can reform, graciously exercising his love in a way of reformation over his people. And, Reade...
29._For _(or, _that is_)_they shall be ashamed _In the Hebrew the particle כי (_ki_) is employed, which properly denotes a cause, but frequently also denotes exposition. Now, since the Prophet does no...
Isaiah 1 begins with a testimony to the sad condition of the people. They were all wounds and corruption. It was useless to chastise them any more. Their ceremonies were an abomination to Jehovah. He...
FOR THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED OF THE OAKS WHICH YE HAVE DESIRED,.... Though there is a change of persons in the words, the same are intended; and design such, who being convinced of the idolatries of the...
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. Ver. 29. _For they shall be ashamed of the oaks._] _Pudefient et Peribunt;...
_For they shall be ashamed_ He does not speak of an ingenuous and penitential shame for sin, but of an involuntary and penal shame for the disappointment of the hopes which they had placed in their id...
21-31 Neither holy cities nor royal ones are faithful to their trust, if religion does not dwell in them. Dross may shine like silver, and the wine that is mixed with water may still have the colour...
THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED; not with an ingenuous and penitential shame for the sin, but with an involuntary and penal shame for the disappointment of their hopes which they had in their idols. WHICH YE HA...
Isaiah 1:29 ashamed H954 (H8799) trees H352 desired H2530 (H8804) embarrassed H2659 (H8799) gardens H1593 chosen...
ISAIAH OUTLINES THE MESSAGE HE IS BRINGING (ISAIAH 1:1). This introductory message is also presented in balanced chiastic form. a He calls on Creation to be aware of God's judgment on His people (Is...
DOOM AND GLOOM (ISAIAH 1:28). In contrast with this glorious future for the true Israel, is the fate determined for those who are untrue, those who do not respond to God's activity, as described in I...
CONTENTS: Charge against Israel for their ingratitude and degeneration. Call to repentance and reformation. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah. CONCLUSION: The backslidings of those who have professed relations...
Isaiah 1:1. _The vision._ What the prophet saw with the eyes of his mind, concerning the state of Judah and Jerusalem, his ministry being chiefly confined to the kingdom of Judea. _Isaiah, the son of...
_They shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired._ GOD’S JUDGMENT OF DESTRUCTION “For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths in which ye delighted, and ye must blush because of the gardens i...
_Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken_ GOD FINDS VINDICATION IN NATURE I well remember two funerals going out of my house within a few brief months during my residence in...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 1:1 Introduction: “Ah, Sinful Nation!” The prophet rebukes God’s people and calls them to obey God’s word. He promises miraculous grace beyond judgment....
THE DOOM OF THE APOSTATES Isaiah 1:28. _They that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. For they_ [472] _shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye_ [475] have denied, and ye shall be confounded for the gard...
PART I.—EARLIER PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH (CH. 1-35.) SECTION I.—THE GREAT ARRAIGNMENT (Isaiah 1:1.). EXPOSITION Isaiah 1:1
The book of Isaiah is a marvelous book of prophecy. Of course, it is the longest book of prophecy in the Bible, and it would seem that God gave to Isaiah a clearer vision of the redemptive work of Jes...
Ezekiel 16:63; Ezekiel 36:31; Ezekiel 6:13; Hosea 14:3; Hosea 14:8;...
The oaks — Which, after the manner of the Heathen, you have consecrated to idolatrous uses. Gardens — In which, as well is in the groves, they committed idolatry....