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Isaiah 1:29-31 is spoken to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. It is probably God speaking.
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## the sacred oak trees...gardens ##
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These phrases refer to places where the people of Judah worshiped idols.
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## embarrassed by ##
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"disgraced because of"
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## For you will be like an oak whose leaf fades, and like a garden that has no water ##
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The people who were worshiping false gods were being compared to a tree or garden that is dying because it is cut off from what gives it life. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]]) |