Isaiah 28:27

Isaiah 28:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
• New International Version (NIV)Caraway is not threshed with a sledge, nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin; caraway is beaten out with a rod, and cumin with a stick.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin, but dill is beaten out with a stick, and cumin with a rod.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cummin; But the black cummin is beaten out with a stick, And the cummin with a rod.

Context of Isaiah 28:27

25Does he not level its surface And sow dill and scatter cummin And plant wheat in rows, Barley in its place and rye within its area? 26For his God instructs and teaches him properly. For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, Nor is the cartwheel driven over cummin; But dill is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a club. 28Grain for bread is crushed, Indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever. Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually damage it, He does not thresh it longer. 29This also comes from the Lord of hosts, Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.

Isaiah 28:27 word by word

כִּ֣י לֹ֤א בֶֽחָרוּץ֙ י֣וּדַשׁ קֶ֔צַח וְאוֹפַ֣ן עֲגָלָ֔ה עַל־כַּמֹּ֖ן יוּסָּ֑ב כִּ֧י בַמַּטֶּ֛ה יֵחָ֥בֶט קֶ֖צַח וְכַמֹּ֥ן בַּשָּֽׁבֶט׃Read the interlinear

• For dillקֶ֫צַחqetsach · black cuminH7100
• is not threshedדּוּשׁdûsh dôsh dîysh · to treadH1758
• threshingחָרוּץchârûts chârûts · sharpH2742
• sledgeחָרוּץchârûts chârûts · sharpH2742
• Norלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• is the cartwheelעֲגָלָה‛ăgâlâh · cartH5699
• drivenסָבַבsâbab · to turn: turnH5437
• overעַל‛al · uponH5921
• cumminכַּמֹּןkammôn · cumminH3646
• is beatenחָבַטchâbaţ · to beatH2251
• out with a rodמַטֶּהmaţţeh maţţâh · tribe: stickH4294
• with a clubשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626

Cross-references for Isaiah 28:27

• Isaiah 41:15Behold, I have made you a new, sharp threshing sledge with double edges; You will thresh the mountains and pulverize them, And will make the hills like chaff.
• 2 Kings 13:7For he left to Jehoahaz of the army not more than fifty horsemen and ten chariots and 10,000 footmen, for the king of Aram had destroyed them and made them like the dust at threshing.
• Amos 1:3Thus says the Lord, “For three transgressions of Damascus and for four I will not revoke its punishment, Because they threshed Gilead with implements of sharp iron.
• Isaiah 27:7Like the striking of Him who has struck them, has He struck them? Or like the slaughter of His slain, have they been slain?
• Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O Lord, but with justice; Not with Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
• Jeremiah 46:28O Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the Lord, “For I am with you. For I will make a full end of all the nations Where I have driven you, Yet I will not make a full end of you; But I will correct you properly And by no means leave you unpunished.”

Commentaries on Isaiah 28:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27Four methods of threshing are here mentioned, by different instruments; the flail, the drag, the wain, and the treading of the cattle. The staff or flail was used for the infirmiora semina, says Jerome, the grain that was too tender to be treated in the other methods. The drag consisted of a sort of strong planks, made rough at the bottom, with hard stones or iron; it was drawn by horses or oxen over the corn sheaves spread on the floor, the driver…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 27For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument - The word used here (חרוּץ chârûts ) denotes properly that which is pointed or sharp, and is joined with מורג môrag in Isaiah 41:15 - meaning there the threshing dray or sledge; a plank with iron or sharp stones that was drawn by oxen over the grain (compare 2 Samuel 24:22; 1 Chronicles 21:23). In the passage before us, several methods of threshing are mentioned as adapted to different kinds…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-29Verses 23-29 The husbandman applies to his calling with pains and prudence, in all the works of it according to their nature. Thus the Lord, who has given men this wisdom, is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in his working. As the occasion requires, he threatens, corrects, spares, shows mercy, or executes vengeance. Afflictions are God's threshing instruments, to loosen us from the world, to part between us and our chaff, and to prepare us for use. God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 27-28The Lord uses different tools, such as a heavy sledge or a light stick, to achieve his goals. There are different levels of judgment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. The husbandman uses the same discretion in threshing. The dill ("fitches") and cummin, leguminous and tender grains, are beaten out, not as wheat, &c., with the heavy corn-drag ("threshing instrument"), but with "a staff"; heavy instruments would crush and injure the seed. cart wheel--two iron wheels armed with iron teeth, like a saw, joined together by a wooden axle. The "corn-drag" was made of three or four wooden cylinders, armed with iron teeth or…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 28:27

• Agriculture
• Cart
• Cummin
• Fitch
• Isaiah
• Judgment
• Parables
• Threshing
• Wisdom

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Commentaries on Isaiah 28

• 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