For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.
The declaration is directed to transgressors and to those who forsake the Lord, that because of sin and rebellion they shall wither and lose vitality like an oak whose leaf is fading and dry up like a garden that has no water. The fading leaf and the waterless garden picture the wasting of strength and life that follows persistent wrongdoing.
The oaks that are desired and the gardens that are chosen are pleasure grounds made attractive with flowers and music, where intoxicating liquors are sold. The word is a future prophecy that those places and those who delight in them shall be put to shame and consumed. That withering leads on to burning, when the strong shall become as tow and its maker as a spark, and both shall burn together in a fire that none shall quench.
The declaration is directed to transgressors and to those who forsake the Lord, that because of sin and rebellion they shall wither and lose vitality like an oak whose leaf is fading and dry up like a garden that has no water. The fading leaf and the waterless garden picture the wasting of strength and life that follows persistent wrongdoing.
The oaks that are desired and the gardens that are chosen are pleasure grounds made attractive with flowers and music, where intoxicating liquors are sold. The word is a future prophecy that those places and those who delight in them shall be put to shame and consumed. That withering leads on to burning, when the strong shall become as tow and its maker as a spark, and both shall burn together in a fire that none shall quench.