29 Surely [a]you will be ashamed of the [b](A)oaks which you have desired,
And you will be embarrassed at the (B)gardens which you have chosen.
30 For you will be like an [c]oak whose (C)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 (D)burn together
And there will be (E)none to quench them.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 1:29 So with some mss; M.T. they
  2. Isaiah 1:29 Or terebinths
  3. Isaiah 1:30 Or terebinth