Isaiah 28:25

Isaiah 28:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
• English Standard Version (ESV)When he has leveled its surface, does he not scatter dill, sow cumin, and put in wheat in rows and barley in its proper place, and emmer as the border?
• New King James Version (NKJV)When he has leveled its surface, Does he not sow the black cummin And scatter the cummin, Plant the wheat in rows, The barley in the appointed place, And the spelt in its place?
• New Living Translation (NLT)Does he not finally plant his seeds— black cumin, cumin, wheat, barley, and emmer wheat— each in its proper way, and each in its proper place?

Context of Isaiah 28:25

23Listen and hear my voice; pay attention and hear what I say. 24When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil? When he has leveled the surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? Does he not plant wheat in its place, barley in its plot, and spelt in its field? 26His God instructs him and teaches him the right way. 27Caraway 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.

Isaiah 28:25 word by word

הֲלוֹא֙ אִם־שִׁוָּ֣ה פָנֶ֔יהָ וְהֵפִ֥יץ קֶ֖צַח וְכַמֹּ֣ן יִזְרֹ֑ק וְשָׂ֨ם חִטָּ֤ה שׂוֹרָה֙ וּשְׂעֹרָ֣ה נִסְמָ֔ן וְכֻסֶּ֖מֶת גְּבֻלָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• When he hath made plainשָׁוָהshâvâh · be likeH7737
• the faceפָּנֶהpânîym · face: surfaceH6440
• thereof, doth he not cast abroadפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
• the fitchesקֶ֫צַחqetsach · black cuminH7100
• and scatterזָרַקzâraq · to scatterH2236
• the cumminכַּמֹּןkammôn · cumminH3646
• and castשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• in the principalשׂוֹרָהώôrâh · rowH7795
• wheatחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406
• and the appointedסָמַןsâman · to appointH5567
• barleyשְׂעֹרָהώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôr ώe‛ôr · barleyH8184
• and the rieכֻּסֶּ֫מֶתkûssemeth · speltH3698
• in their placeגְּבוּלָהgebûlâh gebûlâh · borderH1367

Cross-references for Isaiah 28:25

• Exodus 9:31(The flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley had headed and the flax was in bloom.
• Ezekiel 4:9“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.

Commentaries on Isaiah 28:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25When he hath made plain … - That is, when he has leveled, or made smooth the surface of the ground by harrowing, or rolling it. Doth he not scatter abroad - He does not sow one kind of grain merely, but different species according to the nature of the soil, or according to his wishes in regard to a crop. The fitches - (קצח qetsach ). Vulgate, Gith; a kind of cockle (Nigella Romana), an herb of sweet savor. Septuagint, ́ ́ Mikron melanthion The word fitch‘…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. 24-29A farmer knows that there are right and wrong ways to do things, but the leaders of Judah were not that intelligent.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2525. face--the "surface" of the ground: "made plain," or level, by harrowing. fitches--rather, "dill," or "fennel"; Nigella romana, with black seed, easily beaten out, used as a condiment and medicine in the East. So the Septuagint, "cummin" was used in the same way. cast in ... principal wheat--rather, plant the wheat in rows (for wheat was thought to yield the largest crop, by being planted sparingly [Pliny, Natural History, 18.21]); [Maurer]; "sow the…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 28:25

• Agriculture
• Cummin
• Fitch
• Isaiah
• Judgment
• Parables
• Rye (Spelt, Rsv)
• Sower
• Wisdom

In the dictionaries

• Battle
• Cummin
• Diadem
• Doctrine
• Fitches
• Foundation
• Hasty
• Refuge
• Rod
• Rye

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