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Isaiah 1:29-31
Good News Translation
Isaiah 1:29-31
Good News Translation
29 You will be sorry that you ever worshiped trees and planted sacred gardens.[a] 30 You will wither like a dying oak, like a garden that no one waters. 31 Just as straw is set on fire by a spark, so powerful people will be destroyed by their own evil deeds, and no one will be able to stop the destruction.
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- Isaiah 1:29 People believed that dedicating a garden to a fertility god would cause him to bless their crops.
Isaiah 1:29-31
New International Version
Isaiah 1:29-31
New International Version
29 “You will be ashamed(A) because of the sacred oaks(B)
in which you have delighted;
you will be disgraced because of the gardens(C)
that you have chosen.
30 You will be like an oak with fading leaves,(D)
like a garden without water.
31 The mighty man will become tinder
and his work a spark;
both will burn together,
with no one to quench the fire.(E)”
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