Isaiah 30:24

Isaiah 30:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
• New International Version (NIV)The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Likewise the oxen and the young donkeys that work the ground Will eat cured fodder, Which has been winnowed with the shovel and fan.
• New Living Translation (NLT)The oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat good grain, its chaff blown away by the wind.

Context of Isaiah 30:24

22Then you will defile your carved idols overlaid with silver and your gold-plated metal images. You will scatter them as unclean things. You will say to them, "Be gone!" 23And he will give rain for the seed with which you sow the ground, and bread, the produce of the ground, which will be rich and plenteous. In that day your livestock will graze in large pastures, and the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. 25And on every lofty mountain and every high hill there will be brooks running with water, in the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26Moreover, the light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be sevenfold, as the light of seven days, in the day when the Lord binds up the brokenness of his people, and heals the wounds inflicted by his blow.

Isaiah 30:24 word by word

וְהָאֲלָפִ֣ים וְהָעֲיָרִ֗ים עֹֽבְדֵי֙ הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה בְּלִ֥יל חָמִ֖יץ יֹאכֵ֑לוּ אֲשֶׁר־זֹרֶ֥ה בָרַ֖חַת וּבַמִּזְרֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The oxenאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · cattleH504
• likewise and the young assesעַ֫יִר‛ayir · coltH5895
• that earעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: labourH5647
• the groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• cleanחָמִיץchâmîyts · saltedH2548
• provenderבְּלִילbelîyl · fodderH1098
• which hath been winnowedזָרָהzârâh · to scatterH2219
• with the shovelרַ֫חַתrachath · shovelH7371
• and with the fanמִזְרֶהmizreh · pitchforkH4214

Cross-references for Isaiah 30:24

• Deuteronomy 25:4"You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.
• 1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses, "You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain." Is it for oxen that God is concerned?
• Genesis 45:6For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvest.
• Exodus 34:21"Six days you shall work, but on the seventh day you shall rest. In plowing time and in harvest you shall rest.
• Deuteronomy 21:4And the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
• 1 Samuel 8:12And he will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and commanders of fifties, and some to plow his ground and to reap his harvest, and to make his implements of war and the equipment of his chariots.

Commentaries on Isaiah 30:24

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24The young donkeys that ear the ground - Hebrew, Labouring,‘ or cultivating the ground,‘ that is, plowing it. The Old English word “ear” (from the Latin aro ) meant to till, to cultivate. The word is now obselete, but this is the sense which it has in the Bible Genesis 45:6; Exodus 34:21; Deuteronomy 21:4; 1 Samuel 8:12. Shall eat clean provender - Margin, Leavened,‘ or savory.‘ The word rendered provender‘ (בליל belı̂yl ) is a verbal from בלל bâlal “to…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-26Verses 19-26 God's people will soon arrive at the Zion above, and then they will weep no more for ever. Even now they would have more comfort, as well as holiness, if they were more constant in prayer. A famine of bread is not so great a judgment as a famine of the word of God. There are right-hand and left-hand errors; the tempter is busy courting us into by-paths. It is happy if, by the counsels of a faithful minister or friend, or the checks of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-24The people of Judah would again enjoy covenant blessings rather than curses (see Leviticus 26:4).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2424. ear--that is, till. Asses were employed in tillage, as well as oxen (De 22:10). clean--rather, salted provender [Gesenius]. The Arab proverb is, "Sweet provender is as bread to camels--salted provender as confectionery." The very cattle shall share the coming felicity. Or else, well-fermented maslin, that is, provender formed of a mixture of various substances: grain, beans, vetches, hay, and salt. winnowed--not as it is usually given to cattle before…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 30:24

• Blessing
• Fan
• Isaiah
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Winnowing

In the dictionaries

• Agriculture
• Earing
• Ensign
• Fan
• Fodder
• Heass
• Hezekiah
• Note
• Ordain
• Salt

Commentaries on Isaiah 30

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings