Isaiah 1:29
What does Isaiah 1:29 mean?
A plain-English look at Isaiah 1:29 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
KJV
King James Version · 1611For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862For <FI>men<Fi> are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 57:5
ye that inflame yourselves among the oaks, under every green tree; that slay the children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks?
- Isaiah 65:3
a people that provoke me to my face continually, sacrificing in gardens, and burning incense upon bricks;
- Isaiah 45:16
They shall be put to shame, yea, confounded, all of them; they shall go into confusion together that are makers of idols.
- Romans 6:21
What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
- Jeremiah 2:20
For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bonds; and thou saidst, I will not serve; for upon every high hill and under every green tree thou didst bow thyself, playing the harlot.
- Isaiah 66:17
They that sanctify themselves and purify themselves to go unto the gardens, behind one in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, they shall come to an end together, saith Jehovah.
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