oaks: the trees resorted to for idolatrous worship (Isa_57:5; Isa_65:3; Isa_66:17. 2Ki_16:4; 2Ki_17:10. Eze_6:13).
chosen. Hebrew. bachar. Occurs four times in the "former" portion (here, Isa_7:15, Isa_7:16; Isa_14:1, and sixteen times in the "latter" portion (Isa_40:20; Isa_41:8, Isa_41:9, Isa_41:24, Isa_43:10, Isa_44:1, Isa_44:2; Isa_48:10; Isa_49:7