Isaiah 1:30

30 For you will be like an ^[a]oak whose ¹leaf fades away Or as a garden that has no water.

Isaiah 1:30 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 1:30

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth
Shall be stripped of all their dependencies and self confidence, and be as naked and as bare as an oak that has cast its leaves; or thus, in a way of just retaliation, since they have desired oaks, and sacrificed under them, they shall be like them as in the wintertime, stripped of all their riches, honour, substance, and desirable things; see ( Revelation 18:12-19 ) and as a garden that hath no water;
in which the herbs and plants are dried up and withered: it signifies the uncomfortable condition such shall be in, as before.

Isaiah 1:30 In-Context

28 But transgressors and sinners will be crushed together, And those who forsake the LORD will come to an end.

29 Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.

30 For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades away Or as a garden that has no water.

31 The strong man will become tinder, His work also a spark. Thus they shall both burn together And there will be none to quench them.

Cross References

• 1. Isaiah 64:6

Footnotes

• [a] Or "terebinth"