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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.
Isaiah 1:29 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

    BBE

  • For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen.

    DBY

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

    WEB

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

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

  • 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.

    BSB

In context

27Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

28And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners shall be together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

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

30For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

31And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

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