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

22And you will defile your graven images overlaid with silver, and your molten images plated with gold. You will scatter them as an impure thing, and say to them, “Be gone!” 23Then He will give you rain for the seed which you will sow in the ground, and bread from the yield of the ground, and it will be rich and plenteous; on that day your livestock will graze in a roomy pasture. Also the oxen and the donkeys which work the ground will eat salted fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork. 25On every lofty mountain and on every high hill there will be streams running with water on the day of the great slaughter, when the towers fall. 26The light of the moon will be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven days, on the day the Lord binds up the fracture of His people and heals the bruise He has inflicted.

Isaiah 30:24 word by word

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

• Also the oxenאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · cattleH504
• and the donkeysעַ֫יִר‛ayir · coltH5895
• which workעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: labourH5647
• the groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• will eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• saltedחָמִיץchâmîyts · saltedH2548
• fodderבְּלִילbelîyl · fodderH1098
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• winnowedזָרָהzârâh · to scatterH2219
• with shovelרַ֫חַתrachath · shovelH7371
• and forkמִזְרֶהmizreh · pitchforkH4214

Cross-references for Isaiah 30:24

• Deuteronomy 25:4“You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.
• 1 Corinthians 9:9For it is written in the Law of Moses, “You shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing.” God is not concerned about oxen, is He?
• Genesis 45:6For the famine has been in the land these two years, and there are still five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
• Exodus 34:21“You shall work six days, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even during plowing time and harvest you shall rest.
• Deuteronomy 21:4and the elders of that city shall bring the heifer down to a valley with running water, which has not been plowed or sown, and shall break the heifer’s neck there in the valley.
• 1 Samuel 8:12He will appoint for himself commanders of thousands and of fifties, and some to do his plowing and to reap his harvest and to make his weapons of war 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