New Living Translation
Isaiah 28:24
24Does a farmer always plow and never sow? Is he forever cultivating the soil and never planting?
Isaiah 28:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
- New International Version (NIV)When a farmer plows for planting, does he plow continually? Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
- English Standard Version (ESV)Does he who plows for sowing plow continually? Does he continually open and harrow his ground?
- New King James Version (NKJV)Does the plowman keep plowing all day to sow? Does he keep turning his soil and breaking the clods?
Context of Isaiah 28:24
22For the Lord, the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, has plainly said that he is determined to crush the whole land. So scoff no more, or your punishment will be even greater. 23Listen to me; listen, and pay close attention. Does 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.
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הֲכֹ֣ל הַיּ֔וֹם יַחֲרֹ֥שׁ הַחֹרֵ֖שׁ לִזְרֹ֑עַ יְפַתַּ֥ח וִֽישַׂדֵּ֖ד אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Isaiah 28:24
- Jeremiah 4:3This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and Jerusalem: “Plow up the hard ground of your hearts! Do not waste your good seed among thorns.
- Hosea 10:11“Israel is like a trained heifer treading out the grain— an easy job she loves. But I will put a heavy yoke on her tender neck. I will force Judah to pull the plow and Israel to break up the hard ground.
Commentaries on Isaiah 28:24
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 24Doth the plowman - The question here asked implies that he does “not” plow all the day. The interrogative form is often the most emphatic mode of affirmation. All day - The sense is, does he do nothing else but plow? Is this the only thing which is necessary to be done in order to obtain a harvest? The idea which the prophet intends to convey here is this. A farmer does not suppose that he can obtain a harvest by doing nothing else but plow. There is…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. 2424. all day--emphatic; he is not always ploughing: he also "sows," and that, too, in accordance with sure rules (Is 28:25). doth he open--supply "always." Is he always harrowing?Read the comment
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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
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