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.
a.
NLT: You will be ashamed of your idol worship in groves of sacred oaks. You will blush
because you worshiped in
gardens dedicated to idols.
b.
NIV: “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.
c.
YLT: For men are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have
desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.
d.
Amplified Bible: For you will be ashamed [of the folly and degradation] of the
oak or terebinth trees in which you found [idolatrous]
pleasure, and you will blush with shame for the [idolatrous worship which you
practice in the passion-inflaming] gardens which you have chosen.
e.
Septuagint: For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they delighted in,
and they are made ashamed of the gardens which they coveted.
f.
Stone Edition Torah/Writings/Prophets: for they will become ashamed of the
idolatrous elms that you desired, and you will be embarrassed over the gardens
that you chose.
1.
“For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired…”
a.
for they shall be ashamed [954 * buwsh] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to
pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be
disappointed or delayed:--(be, make, bring to, cause, put to, with,
a-)shamed(-d), be (put to) confounded(-fusion), become dry, delay, be long.]
b.
for the oaks [352 * ‘ayil] [Strong: from the same as 193; properly,
strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a
ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other
strong tree:--mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree.]
c.
which ye have desired [2530 * chamad] [Strong: a primitive root; to delight
in:--beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, (X great) delight,
desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).]
1).
My favorite passage on the practice of making trees into gods is found in
Isaiah, his sarcastic reasoning is precious.
a).
Isaiah 44:9-20 They that make a graven image are all of them vanity; and their
delectable things shall not profit; and they are their own witnesses; they see
not, nor know; that they may be ashamed.
44:10
Who hath formed a god, or molten a graven image that is profitable for nothing?
44:11
Behold, all his fellows shall be ashamed: and the workmen, they are of men: let
them all be gathered together, let them stand up; yet they shall fear, and they
shall be ashamed together.
44:12
The smith with the tongs both worketh in the coals, and fashioneth it with
hammers, and worketh it with the strength of his arms: yea, he is hungry, and
his strength faileth: he drinketh no water, and is faint.
44:13
The carpenter stretcheth out his rule; he marketh it out with a line; he
fitteth it with planes, and he marketh it out with the compass, and maketh it
after the figure of a man, according to the beauty of a man; that it may remain
in the house.
44:14
He heweth him down cedars, and taketh the cypress and the oak, which he
strengtheneth for himself among the trees of the forest: he planteth an ash,
and the rain doth nourish it.
44:15
Then shall it be for a man to burn: for he will take thereof, and warm himself;
yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth
it; he maketh it a graven image, and falleth down thereto.
44:16
He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he
roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am
warm, I have seen the fire:
44:17
And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down
unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for
thou art my god.
44:18
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they
cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
44:19
And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding
to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon
the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the
residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
44:20
He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot
deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?
2.
“…and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.”
a.
and ye shall be confounded [2659 * chapher] [Strong: a primitive root (perhaps
rath. the same as 2658 through the idea of detection): to blush;
figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach:--be
ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to)
shame, bring reproach.]
b.
for the gardens [1593 * gannah] [Strong: feminine of 1588; a
garden:--garden.]
c.
that you have chosen [977 * bachar] [Strong: a primitive root; properly, to
try, i.e. (by implication) select:--acceptable, appoint, choose (choice),
excellent, join, be rather, require.]
1).
There are numerous examples in Scripture regarding God’s condemnation of
a).
Deuteronomy 16:21, 22 Thou shalt not plant thee a grove of any trees near unto
the altar of the Lordthy God, which thou shalt make thee.
16:22
Neither shalt thou set thee up any image; which the Lord thy God
hateth.
b).
2 Kings 16:2-4 Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned
sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of
the Lord his God, like David his father.
16:3
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass
through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lordcast
out from before the children of Israel.
16:4
And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and
under every green tree.
c).
Judges 3:7 And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord,
and forgat the Lordtheir God, and served Baalim and the groves.
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