King James Version (KJV)

Isaiah 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.”

Verse in context — Isaiah 1

Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, and her converts with righteousness.

And the destruction of the transgressors and of the sinners [shall be] together, and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed.

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 ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden that hath no water.

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].

Prophecies of judgment and hope, pointing to the coming Messiah.