Parallel Verses

Amplified


For you will be ashamed [of the degradation] of the oaks in which you took [idolatrous] pleasure,
And you will be ashamed of the gardens [of passion] which you have chosen [for pagan worship].

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

Holman Bible

Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees
you desired,
and you will be embarrassed because of the gardens
you have chosen.

International Standard Version

They'll be ashamed of the oak trees that you desired; and you'll blush because of the gardens that you have chosen.

A Conservative Version

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

American Standard Version

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

Bible in Basic English

For you will be put to shame because of the trees of your desire, and because of the gardens of your pleasure.

Darby Translation

For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen.

Julia Smith Translation

For they shall be ashamed of their mighty ones which ye desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens which ye chose.

King James 2000

For you shall be ashamed of the sacred oaks which you have desired, and you shall be embarrassed for the gardens that you have chosen.

Lexham Expanded Bible

For you will be ashamed of [the] oaks [in] which you delighted, and you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.

Modern King James verseion

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be ashamed for the gardens which you have chosen.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For they shall be ashamed of the gods that you longed for. And you shall be put to shame for the idols and grove gardens that ye have chosen.

NET Bible

Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship.

New Heart English Bible

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

The Emphasized Bible

For they shall turn pale on account of the oaks which ye desired, - And ye shall blush on account of the gardens which ye had chosen;

Webster

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.

World English Bible

For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.

Youngs Literal Translation

For men are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
בּוּשׁ 
Buwsh 
Usage: 119

of the oaks
איל 
'ayil 
Usage: 100

חמד 
Chamad 
Usage: 30

and ye shall be confounded
חפר 
Chapher 
Usage: 17

for the gardens
גּנּה 
Gannah 
Usage: 12

References

American

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Oak

Smith

Watsons

Oak

Context Readings

Purification Of Jerusalem

28
But rebels and sinners will be crushed and destroyed together,
And those who abandon (turn away from) the Lord will be consumed (perish).
29 
For you will be ashamed [of the degradation] of the oaks in which you took [idolatrous] pleasure,
And you will be ashamed of the gardens [of passion] which you have chosen [for pagan worship].
30
For you will be like an oak whose leaf withers and dies
And like a garden that has no water.



Cross References

Isaiah 57:5


Who inflame yourselves [with lust in pagan rites] among the oaks (terebinth trees),
Under every green and leafy tree,
Who slaughter the children [in sacrifice] in the ravines
Under the clefts of the rocks?

Isaiah 65:3


The people who continually provoke Me to My face,
Sacrificing [to idols] in gardens and making offerings with incense on bricks [instead of at the designated altar];

Isaiah 66:17


“Those who [vainly attempt to] sanctify and cleanse themselves to go to the gardens [to sacrifice to idols],
Following after one in the center,
Who eat swine’s flesh, detestable things and mice,
Will come to an end together,” says the Lord.

Hosea 4:13


They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains
And burn incense on the hills,
Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,
Because the shade is pleasant there.
Therefore your daughters play the prostitute
And your brides commit adultery.

Isaiah 30:22

And you will defile your carved images overlaid with silver, and your cast images plated with gold. You will scatter them like a bloodstained cloth, and will say to them, “Be gone!”

Isaiah 31:7

For in that day every man will reject and throw away his idols of silver and his idols of gold [in disgust], which your own hands have sinfully made for you.

Isaiah 45:16


They will be put to shame and also humiliated, all of them;
They who make idols will go away together in humiliation.

Jeremiah 2:20


“For long ago you broke your yoke [in deliberate disobedience]
And tore off your bonds [of the law that I gave you];
You said, ‘I will not serve and obey You!’
For on every high hill
And under every green tree
You have lain down [in idolatrous worship] like a [compliant] prostitute.

Jeremiah 3:6

Moreover, the Lord said to me in the days of Josiah the king [of Judah], “Have you seen what that faithless Israel has done—how she went up on every high hill and under every green tree, and there she was a prostitute?

Ezekiel 6:13

Then you will know [without any doubt] that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols around their altars, on every high hill, on all the tops of the mountains, under every leafy tree and under every oak with thick branches, the places where they offered sweet incense and a soothing aroma to all their idols.

Ezekiel 16:63

so that you may remember [in detail] and be ashamed and never open your mouth again because of your humiliation, when I have forgiven you for all that you have done,” says the Lord God.

Ezekiel 36:31

Then you will remember [clearly] your [own] evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your sins and for your outrageous atrocities.

Hosea 14:3


“Assyria will not save us;
We will not ride on horses [relying on military might],
Nor will we say again to [the idols who are] the work of our hands,
‘You are our gods.’
For in You [O Lord] the orphan finds love and compassion and mercy.”

Hosea 14:8


O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols?
It is I who have answered and will care for you and watch over you.
I am like a luxuriant cypress tree;
With Me your fruit is found [which is to nourish you].

Romans 6:21

So what benefit did you get at that time from the things of which you are now ashamed? [None!] For the outcome of those things is death!

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