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For ye shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
For you will be ashamed [of the degradation] of the oaks in which you took [idolatrous] pleasure, And you will be ashamed of the gardens [of passion] which you have chosen [for pagan worship].
For you will be ashamed [of the folly and degradation] of the oak or terebinth trees in which you found [idolatrous] pleasure, and you will blush with shame for the [idolatrous worship which you practice in the passion-inflaming] gardens which you have chosen.
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you desired, and you will be embarrassed because of the garden shrines you have chosen.
You will be ashamed of the oaks you once desired, and embarrassed by the gardens you once chose.
You will be ashamed of the sacred oaks you desired, you will blush at the gardens you chose;
You will be made ashamed of those groves of trees where you worshiped idols.
For they shall be ashamed of the terebinths that ye have desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens that ye have chosen.
For they shall be confounded for the idols, to which they have sacrificed: and you shall be ashamed of the gardens which you have chosen.
In the future, you will be ashamed of the oak trees and special gardens you chose to worship,
You will become ashamed because you trusted special oak trees to help you. You worshipped idols in your special gardens, and you will be ashamed because of that.
For you will be ashamed of the oaks that you have desired, and you will be embarrassed by the groves that you have chosen.
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks that you desired; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
“You will be ashamed, because ·you have worshiped gods under the oak trees [L of the oaks you have desired; C pagan worship sites]. You will be ·disgraced [embarrassed], because ·you have worshiped idols in your gardens [L of the gardens you have chosen; 66:17].
For they shall be confounded for the oaks, which ye have desired, and ye shall be ashamed of the gardens that ye have chosen,
You will be ashamed of the oaks that you wanted to worship and embarrassed by the garden that you have chosen for your gods.
You will be sorry that you ever worshiped trees and planted sacred gardens.
Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you desired, and you will be embarrassed because of the gardens you have chosen.
“You will be ashamed because you have worshiped false gods under the oak trees. You will be disgraced because you have worshiped idols in your gardens.
They’ll be ashamed of the oak trees that you desired; and you’ll blush because of the gardens that you have chosen.
For ye shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the groves that ye have chosen.
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen.
For you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be humiliated because of the gardens which you have chosen.
For you will be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted, and you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.
Shame will cover you, and you will blush to think of all those times you sacrificed to idols in your groves of “sacred” oaks.
This Decree, therefore, of the Master, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the Strong One of Israel: “This is it! I’ll get my oppressors off my back. I’ll get back at my enemies. I’ll give you the back of my hand, purge the junk from your life, clean you up. I’ll set honest judges and wise counselors among you just like it was back in the beginning. Then you’ll be renamed City-That-Treats-People-Right, the True-Blue City.” God’s right ways will put Zion right again. God’s right actions will restore her prodigals. But it’s curtains for rebels and God-traitors, a dead end for those who walk out on God. “Your dalliances in those oak grove shrines will leave you looking mighty foolish, All that fooling around in god and goddess gardens that you thought was the latest thing. You’ll end up like an oak tree with all its leaves falling off, Like an unwatered garden, withered and brown. ‘The Strong Man’ will turn out to be dead bark and twigs, and his ‘work,’ the spark that starts the fire That exposes man and work both as nothing but cinders and smoke.”
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be humiliated for the gardens that you have chosen.
You will be ashamed of the oaks that you wanted to worship and embarrassed by the garden that you have chosen for your gods.
You shall be ashamed of the terebinths which you desired, and blush on account of the gardens which you chose.
You certainly will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed by the gardens which you have chosen.
Surely you will be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, And you will be embarrassed at the gardens which you have chosen.
You will be ashamed of the sacred oaks which offered you such delight, and you will blush when you behold the gardens which you chose in their stead.
“You will be ashamed, because you have worshiped gods under the oak trees. You will be disgraced, because you have worshiped idols in your gardens.
Indeed, they will be ashamed of the sacred trees you find so desirable; you will be embarrassed because of the sacred orchards where you choose to worship.
“Israel, you take delight in worshiping among the sacred oak trees. You will be full of shame for doing that. You have chosen to worship in the sacred gardens. You will be dishonored for doing that.
“You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.
‘You will be ashamed because of the sacred oaks in which you have delighted; you will be disgraced because of the gardens that you have chosen.
For they shall be ashamed of the terebinth trees Which you have desired; And you shall be embarrassed because of the gardens Which you have chosen.
For you will be ashamed of the oaks where you worshiped. You will be ashamed of the gardens you have chosen.
You will be ashamed of your idol worship in groves of sacred oaks. You will blush because you worshiped in gardens dedicated to idols.
For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted, and you shall blush for the gardens that you have chosen.
For they shall be ashamed of the sacred oaks which ye have delighted in, and ye shall blush for the gannot (gardens) that ye have chosen.
For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens which you have chosen.
For you shall be ashamed of the oaks in which you delighted; and you shall blush for the gardens which you have chosen.
For they will be ashamed of the sacred oaks that you desired, and embarrassed because of the gardens that you have chosen.
You will be ashamed because you found pleasure in idols and oaks; you will suffer disgrace because you bowed before images in gardens.
For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which you have desired, and you shall be confounded for the gardens that you have chosen.
For they shall be ashamed of [the] idols, to which they made sacrifice; and ye shall be ashamed on the orchards, which ye choosed (and ye shall be ashamed of the gardens dedicated, or consecrated, to idols, which ye have planted).
For [men] are ashamed because of the oaks That ye have desired, And ye are confounded because of the gardens That ye have chosen.
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