Isaiah 28
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Isaiah 28:23-29

23Listen to me; listen, and pay close attention.

24Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting?

25Does 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?

26The farmer knows just what to do, for God has given him understanding.

27A heavy sledge is never used to thresh black cumin; rather, it is beaten with a light stick. A threshing wheel is never rolled on cumin; instead, it is beaten lightly with a flail.

28Grain for bread is easily crushed, so he doesn’t keep on pounding it. He threshes it under the wheels of a cart, but he doesn’t pulverize it.

29The Lord of Heaven’s Armies is a wonderful teacher, and he gives the farmer great wisdom.

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