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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.
• 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.

Context of Isaiah 30:24

22Then you will dishonor your silver-plated idols and your gold-covered statues. You will throw them away like clothing ruined by stains. You will say to them, “Get out!” 23The Lord will give you rain for the seed that you plant in the ground, and the food that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. When that day comes, your cattle will graze in large pastures. The oxen and the donkeys which work the soil will eat a mixture of food that has been winnowed with forks and shovels. 25There will be brooks and streams on every lofty mountain and every high hill. When the day of the great slaughter comes, towers will fall. 26Then the light of the moon will be like the light of the sun. The light of the sun will be seven times as strong, like the light of seven days. When that day comes, the Lord will bandage his people’s injuries and heal the wounds he inflicted.

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 25:4Never muzzle an ox when it’s threshing grain.
• 1 Corinthians 9:9Moses’ Teachings say, “Never muzzle an ox when it is threshing grain.” God’s concern isn’t for oxen.
• Genesis 45:6The famine has been in the land for two years. There will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
• Exodus 34:21“You may work six days, but on the seventh day you must not work. Even during the time of plowing or harvesting you must not work ⌞on this day⌟.
• Deuteronomy 21:4The leaders of that city will bring the heifer down to a river, to a location where the land hasn’t been plowed or planted. At the river they must break the heifer’s neck.
• 1 Samuel 8:12He will appoint them to be his officers over 1,000 or over 50 soldiers, to plow his ground and harvest his crops, and to make weapons and equipment for 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