For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Ver. 29. For they shall be ashamed of the oaks.] Pudefient et Peribunt; they shall be ashamed of their false ways of worship, but not with a godly shame, such as was Ephraim's, Jer 31:19 that made him say, "What have I to do any more with idols." Hosea 14:8 Ezekiel 16:61 ; Eze 36:31 Dan 9:5 2Th 3:14 Of this holy shame Chrysostom saith that it is the beginning of salvation, a as that which drives a man into himself makes him fall low in his own eyes, shame and shent himself in the presence of God, seek for covering by Christ, that the shame of his nakedness may not appear. Rev 3:18-19 But the shame here mentioned is of another nature, unseasonable, unprofitable, not conducing at all to true repentance, such as was that of Cain, and of those Jews in Jeremiah 2:26, and of reprobates at the resurrection. Dan 12:2
Which ye have desired.] Or, Have delighted in, as adulterers do sin their sweet sin, as they call it.
And the gardens.] Where you have wickedly worshipped Priapus or Baalpeor. b
That ye have chosen.] Where ye have had your sacra electitia, which now, you see, cannot help you.
a τουτο αρχη της σωτηπιας, το ολως αισχυνεθαι .
b Alludit verecunde ad scortationem, quae est in idolorum cultu. - Oeclamp.