Isaiah 1:30

What does Isaiah 1:30 mean?

A plain-English look at Isaiah 1:30 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

For you will be like a tree whose leaves have become dry, and like a garden without water.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

For ye are as an oak whose leaf is fading, And as a garden that hath no water.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

When you shall be as an oak with the leaves falling off, and as a garden without water.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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

Context

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

v.30This passage

v.31And the strong shall be as tow, and his work as a spark; and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Matthew 21:19

    And seeing a fig tree by the way side, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only; and he saith unto it, Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward for ever. And immediately the fig tree withered away.

  • Jeremiah 31:12

    And they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow unto the goodness of Jehovah, to the grain, and to the new wine, and to the oil, and to the young of the flock and of the herd: and their soul shall be as a watered garden; and they shall not sorrow any more at all.

  • Isaiah 5:6

    and I will lay it waste; it shall not be pruned nor hoed; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.

  • Ezekiel 17:24

    And all the trees of the field shall know that I, Jehovah, have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the green tree, and have made the dry tree to flourish: I, Jehovah, have spoken and have done it.

  • Ezekiel 17:9

    Say thou, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it may wither; that all its fresh springing leaves may wither? and not by a strong arm or much people can it be raised from the roots thereof.

  • Jeremiah 17:5

    Thus saith Jehovah: Cursed is the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from Jehovah.

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