Isaiah 1:30

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
oak	כְּאֵלָ֖ה ke.'e.Lah	H424	an oak or other strong tree · preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
leaf	עָלֶ֑הָ 'a.Le.ha	H5929	a leaf (as coming up on a tree) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
fadeth	נֹבֶ֣לֶת no.Ve.let	H5034	to wilt · verb, qal active participle, feminine singular construct
garden	וּֽכְגַנָּ֔ה u.khe.ga.Nah	H1593	a garden · conjunction + preposition + noun, common feminine singular absolute
water	מַ֖יִם Ma.yim	H4325	water · noun, common masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 17:5-6 Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
Isaiah 5:6 And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned, nor digged; but there shall come up briers and thorns: I will also command the clouds that…
Isaiah 58:11 And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden,…
Jeremiah 31:12 Therefore they shall come and sing in the height of Zion, and shall flow together to the goodness of the LORD, for wheat, and for wine, and…
Ezekiel 17:9-10 Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither?…
Ezekiel 17:24 And all the trees of the field shall know that I the LORD have brought down the high tree, have exalted the low tree, have dried up the gree…
Ezekiel 31:4-18 The waters made him great, the deep set him up on high with her rivers running round about his plants, and sent out her little rivers unto a…
Matthew 21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:21–end

Here, I. The woeful degeneracy of Judah and Jerusalem is sadly lamented. See, 1. What the royal city had been, a faithful city, faithful to God and the interests of his kingdom among men, faithful to the nation and its public interests. It was full of judgment; justice was duly administered upon the thrones of judgment which were set there, the thrones of the house of David, Psa 122:5. Men were generally honest in their dealings, and abhorred to do an unjust thing. Righteousness lodged in it, was constantly resident in their palaces and in all their dwellings, not called in now and then to serve a turn, but at home there. Note, Neither holy cities nor royal ones, neither places where religio…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 1:30

oak--Ye shall be like the "oaks," the object of your "desire" (Isa 1:29). People become like the gods they worship; they never rise above their level (Psa 135:18). So men's sins become their own scourges (Jer 2:9). The leaf of the idol oak fades by a law of necessary consequence, having no living sap or "water" from God. So "garden" answers to "gardens" (Isa 1:29).

John Gill on 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. 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.

John Calvin on Isaiah 1:30

Ye shall certainly be [33] as an oak whose leaf fadeth The Hebrew particle ky (ki) may be taken in an affirmative sense, as I have translated it; and the Prophet appears to allude to those groves to which they had improperly restricted the worship of God; for, having mentioned gardens, he reproaches them with the confidence which they placed in theme and threatens drought. "You take pleasure," says he, "in your gardens and trees, but you shall be like withered trees that have lost their foliage." God therefore mocks the vain boasting of idolaters, who marvellously flatter themselves with their contrivances, and think that heaven is open to them, when they are employed in their ceremonies. Ju…

The Church Fathers

In the beginning of his whole book, the prophet saw the "vision against Judah and against Jerusalem." After listing all the many transgressions of the Jewish people and warning them about the complete destruction of Jerusalem, he brought to an end the spiritual sayings concerning them.
— Eusebius of Caesarea, PROOF OF THE GOSPEL 2:3

(Verse 30) For they will be like a terebinth tree with falling leaves; and like a garden, or a paradise, without water. Until today, the Jews reading the holy Scriptures are like terebinth trees or oaks, as Symmachus interpreted. And according to the Gospel (Matthew 21), the withered fig tree, from which the Lord sought fruits and did not find any, he cursed with eternal dryness. But even the leaves and fruits of words have now ceased to be among them: the well-watered garden, that is, the knowledge of the Scriptures, or the paradise of various trees, which is without spiritual grace, does not even produce vegetables, about which the Apostle speaks: Let him that is weak eat vegetables (Romans 14:2). And with dried roots, all the freshness has turned into dryness and decay.
— Jerome, Commentary on Isaiah

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Dictionary and topics

Isaiah, The Book of — Consists of prophecies delivered (Isa. 1) in the reign of Uzziah (1-5), (2) of Jotham (6), (3) Ahaz (7-14:28), (4) the first half of Hezekiah’s reign (14:28-35), (5) the second half of Hezekiah’s…
Leaf — Of a tree. The olive-leaf mentioned Gen. 8:11. The barren fig-tree had nothing but leaves (Matt. 21:19; Mark 11:13). The oak-leaf is mentioned Isa. 1:30; 6:13. There are numerous allusions to leaves,…
Leaf, Leaves — The word occurs in the Authorized Version either in singular or plural number in three different senses.
Oak — There are six Hebrew words rendered “oak.” (1.) ‘El occurs only in the word El-paran (Gen. 14:6). The LXX. renders by “terebinth.” In the plural form this word occurs in Isa. 1:29; 57:5 (A.V. marg.…
Gardens · Illustrative: (When dried up,) of the wicked — Illustrative: (When dried up,) of the wicked
Oak Tree, The · Illustrative: (Fading,) of the wicked under judgments — Illustrative: (Fading,) of the wicked under judgments
Trees · Mentioned in scripture: Oak — Mentioned in scripture: Oak
Water · Necessary to vegetation — Necessary to vegetation
Wicked (People) · .Fading oaks — .Fading oaks
Wicked, The, Are Compared To · Fading oaks — Fading oaks

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Isaiah 1:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 1:30

John Gill on Isaiah 1:30

John Calvin on Isaiah 1:30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Isaiah 1:30

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 1:21–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 1:30

John Gill on Isaiah 1:30

John Calvin on Isaiah 1:30

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Isaiah 1:30

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 1:29-30

Rashi on Isaiah 1:30