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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 1:29

The oaks — Which, after the manner of the Heathen, you have consecrated to idolatrous uses. Gardens — In which, as well is in the groves, they committed idolatry.

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See also Isaiah 1:29 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 1:29. _FOR THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED OF THE OAKS_ - "For ye shall be ashamed of the ilexes"] Sacred groves were a very ancient and favourite appendage of idolatry. They were furnished with t...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    FOR THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED - That is, when they see the punishment that their idolatry has brought upon them, they shall be ashamed of the folly and degradation of their worship. Moreover, the gods in...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    ANALYSIS AND ANNOTATIONS The reader will find that every chapter has been analyzed as to its contents. We have not made copious annotations, because the three lectures on the book of Isaiah as found a...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    OAKS: the trees resorted to for idolatrous worship (Isaiah 57:5; Isaiah 65:3; Isaiah 66:17; 2 Kings 16:4;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THEY SHALL BE ASHAMED OF THE OAKS, &C.— The prophet here manifestly alludes to the ancient mode of idolatry in sacred groves and gardens, which consisted of tall, thick, and leafy trees, among which o...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֣י יֵבֹ֔שׁוּ מֵ אֵילִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר חֲמַדְתֶּ֑ם...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

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  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

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  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _For they shall be ashamed_ He does not speak of an ingenuous and penitential shame for sin, but of an involuntary and penal shame for the disappointment of the hopes which they had placed in their id...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

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  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

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  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

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  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Summarized Bible Commentary

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  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • The Biblical Illustrator

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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