Isaiah 1:29

“For they will be ashamed of the terebinths that you desired, and you will blush for the gardens that you chose.”

Isaiah 1:29 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 1:29, word by word

they will be ashamedיֵבֹשׁוּyevoshu

be disappointed

To be disgraced because what one trusted in failed.

Where else “yevoshu” appears
of the terebinthsאֵילִיםelim

terebinth

A great, strong tree, like the terebinth.

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you desiredחֲמַדְתֶּםchamadtem

covet

To desire something strongly, especially what belongs to another.

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and you will blushתַחְפְּרוּtachpru

be ashamed, be disappointed

To blush, to be embarrassed or disappointed, to feel shame over something that went wrong.

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for the gardensגַּנּוֹתganot

garden

Garden.

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you choseבְּחַרְתֶּםbechartem

choose

To take one thing and leave the others, because it is preferred.

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The context

28But the shattering of transgressors and sinners will come together, and those who abandon YHWH will be consumed.

29 · This verse (above)

30For you will be like a terebinth whose leaves wither, and like a garden that has no water.

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