Real Bible Translation

Isaiah 1:29

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ו תחפרו	חמדתם	כי	בחרתם	אשר	מ ה גנות	אשר	מ אילים	יבשו
and you are digging	you have coveted/delighted	for	you all have chosen	which	from the Gardens	which	from leaders	they are ashamed
2659 חפר châphêr Definition: to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach Root: a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as H2658 (חפר) through the idea of detection); Exhaustive: a primitive root (perhaps rather the same as חפר through the idea of detection); to blush; figuratively, to be ashamed, disappointed; causatively, to shame, reproach; be ashamed, be confounded, be brought to confusion (unto shame), come (be put to) shame, bring reproach. \| 9002 ו None Definition: and Root: None Exhaustive: Conjunctive vav - i.e. followed by prefix, suffix or non-verb (conjunctive) (‘and/but’)	2530a חמד châmad Definition: to delight in Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: a primitive root; to delight in; beauty, greatly beloved, covet, delectable thing, ([idiom] great) delight, desire, goodly, lust, (be) pleasant (thing), precious (thing).	3588a כי kîy Definition: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed Root: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; Exhaustive: a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.	9016 None Definition: verseEnd Root: None Exhaustive: None \| 977 בחר bâchar Definition: properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: None	834a אשר ʼăsher Definition: who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc. Root: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); Exhaustive: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.	1593 גנה gannâh Definition: a garden Root: feminine of H1588 (גן); Exhaustive: feminine of גן; a garden; garden. \| 9009 ה None Definition: the Root: None Exhaustive: definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or. \| 9006 מ None Definition: from Root: None Exhaustive: None	834a אשר ʼăsher Definition: who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc. Root: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); Exhaustive: a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.	352d איל ʼayil Definition: properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree Root: from the same as H193 (אול); Exhaustive: from the same as אול; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or other strong tree; mighty (man), lintel, oak, post, ram, tree. \| 9006 מ None Definition: from Root: None Exhaustive: None	954 בוש bûwsh Definition: properly, to pale, i.e. by implication to be ashamed; also (by implication) to be disappointed or delayed Root: a primitive root; Exhaustive: None

RBT Translation:

for they are ashamed from leaders which you have coveted/delighted and you are digging from the Gardens which you all have chosen

RBT Paraphrase:
For they are becoming ashamed because of the leaders whom you all have delighted in, and you are excavating⁷ from the Gardens which you all have chosen.

Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
For they shall be ashamed of their mighty ones which ye desired, and ye shall blush for the gardens which ye chose.

LITV Translation:
For they shall be ashamed of the trees which you lusted after; and you shall be ashamed of the gardens that you have chosen.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
For they shall be ashamed of their idols, which they delighted in, and they are made ashamed of the gardens which they coveted.

Footnotes

Isa. 1:29

Strongs #2658 תחפרו you all are digging. From the verb חפר As in digging pit wells, digging for something hidden, "pawing in the valley", etc. The similar word #2659 חפר to blush, be confounded does not fit as well in the context of a garden.