Nature/Agricultural Imagery in Isaiah
Isa 1:29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired, and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen. Isa 1:30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water. Isa 1:31 And the strong shall be as tow, and the maker of it as a spark, and they shall both burn together, and none shall quench them. And the strong shall be as tow The tinder, and the spark “The strong shall become tow, and his work a spark, and both shall burn together”—a vivid picture of the doom of transgressors, since the mighty man is made combustible, and his own act is that which kindles the flame. (T. W. Chambers, D. D.) The fire of judgment that consumes sinners does not need to come from without; sin carries within itself the fire of wrath. (F. Delitzsch.) Isa 1:28 But rebels and sinners will be completely destroyed, and those who desert the LORD will be consumed. Isa 1:29 You will be ashamed of your idol worship in groves of sa