Isaiah 1:30 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Isaiah 1:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For ye ... - The mention of the tree in the previous verse, gives the prophet occasion for the beautiful image in this. They had desired the oak, and they should be like it. That, when the frost...
Isaiah 1:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A fragment on tree-worship, possibly late, but probably Isaiah's. It is an immemorial form of idolatry (p. 100), and persists to the present time. The prophet warns his hearers that they will be disa...
Isaiah 1:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

be . become. leaf. Some codices (one in margin), with four early printed editions, Septuagint, Syr, and Vulgate, read "Leaves" (plural)
Isaiah 1:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

30. Ye shall certainly be (33) as an oak whose leaf fadeth The Hebrew particle כי ( ki) may be taken in an affirmative sense, as I have translated it; and the Prophet appears to allude...
Isaiah 1:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. Whose leaf "Whose leaves" - Twenty-six of Kennicott's, twenty-four of De Rossi's, one ancient, of my own, and seven ed...
Isaiah 1:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

They shall be ashamed of the oaks, &c.— The prophet here manifestly alludes to the ancient mode of idolatry in sacred groves and gardens, which consisted of tall, thick, and leafy trees, among...
Isaiah 1:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. Ye shall be as an oak - ye shall be like the "oaks," the object of your "desire" ( Isaiah 1:29 ). People becom...
Isaiah 1:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jehovah's Arraignment of His People This chapter is general in character, and much of it (e.g. Isaiah 1:10-17 ) might refer to almost any period. This general character of the prophecy renders it...
Isaiah 1:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ye shall be ... — Men were to think of the pleasant places that had tempted them, not as they had seen them, fresh and green, but as burnt up and withered, and then were to see in that desolation a...
Isaiah 1:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER I THE ARGUMENT OF THE LORD AND ITS CONCLUSION Isaiah 1:1-31 -His General Preface THE first chapter of the Book of Isaiah owes its position not to its date, but to its character. It was...
Isaiah 1:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Nation Purged of Dross by Disaster Isaiah 1:21-31 The great lover of our souls does not abandon His people even when they spurn the first overtures of His appealing pity. Though they refuse t...
Isaiah 1:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah was a prophet to Judah. He exercised his ministry wholly within her borders, and with a view to her correction and comfort. His burdens of the nations were uttered concerning those nations whi...
Isaiah 1:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

How very blessed is it to behold divine grace triumphing over human transgression: and the Lord who alone can reform, graciously exercising his love in a way of reformation over his people. And, Read...
Isaiah 1:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 o...
Isaiah 1:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. Ver. 30. For ye shall be as an oak. ] Peccato poenam accommodat; By oaks they sinned, and by a withering a o...
Isaiah 1:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For ye shall be as an oak , &c. As you have sinned under the oaks and in the gardens, so you shall be like unto oaks and gardens, not when they are green and flourishing, but when they wither an...
Isaiah 1:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Degeneracy of Jerusalem; Reformation of the Church. B. C. 738. 21 How is the faith...
Isaiah 1:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As you have sinned under the oaks and in gardens, so you shall be made like unto oaks and gardens, not when they are green and flourishing, but when they wither and decay.
Isaiah 1:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah Outlines The Message He Is Bringing ( Isaiah 1:1-31 ). This introductory message is also presented in balanced chiastic form. a He calls on Creation to be aware of God's judgment on His pe...
Isaiah 1:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE DOOM OF THE APOSTATES Isaiah 1:28-31 . They that forsake the Lord shall be consumed. For they [472] shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye [475] have denied, and ye shall be confounded for...
Isaiah 1:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 1:1 . The vision. What the prophet saw with the eyes of his mind, concerning the state of Judah and Jerusalem, his ministry being chiefly confined to the kingdom of Judea. Isaiah, the son...
Isaiah 1:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the Lord hath spoken God finds vindication in nature I well remember two funerals going out of my house within a few brief months during my residence...
Isaiah 1:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

PART I.— EARLIER PROPHECIES OF ISAIAH ( CH . 1-35.) SECTION I.— THE GREAT ARRAIGNMENT ( Isaiah 1:1-23 .). EXPOSITION Isaiah 1:1 TITLE OF THE WORK . It is questioned...
Isaiah 1:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Lord's Complaint against Jerusalem
Isaiah 1:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 17:10 ; Ezekiel 17:24 ; Ezekiel 17:9 ; Ezekiel 31:4-18 ; Isaiah 5:6 ; Isaiah 58:11 ; Jeremiah 17:5 ; Jeremiah 17:6 ; Jeremiah 31:12 ; Matthew 21:19

Isaiah 1:30 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 1:30 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Isaiah 1:30 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Isaiah 1:30 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 1:30 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 1:30 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 1:30 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 1:30 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 1:30 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Isaiah 1:30 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 1:30 - The Biblical Illustrator

Isaiah 1:30 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 1:30 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 1:30 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge