Isaiah 28:29

Isaiah 28:29 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This also cometh forth from the Lord of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
• New International Version (NIV)All this also comes from the Lord Almighty, whose plan is wonderful, whose wisdom is magnificent.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This also comes from the Lord of hosts; he is wonderful in counsel and excellent in wisdom.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This also comes from the Lord of hosts, Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in guidance.

Context of Isaiah 28:29

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

Isaiah 28:29 word by word

גַּם־זֹ֕את מֵעִ֛ם יְהוָ֥ה צְבָא֖וֹת יָצָ֑אָה הִפְלִ֣יא עֵצָ֔ה הִגְדִּ֖יל תּוּשִׁיָּֽה׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• This also cometh forthיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• from the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• is wonderfulפָּלָאpâlâ' · to wonderH6381
• in counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• excellentגָּדַלgâdal · to magnifyH1431
• in workingתּוּשִׁיָּהtûshîyâh tûshîyâh · wisdomH8454

Cross-references for Isaiah 28:29

• Isaiah 28:21The Lord will come as he did against the Philistines at Mount Perazim and against the Amorites at Gibeon. He will come to do a strange thing; he will come to do an unusual deed:
• Isaiah 9:6For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Job 5:9He does great things too marvelous to understand. He performs countless miracles.
• Job 37:23We cannot imagine the power of the Almighty; but even though he is just and righteous, he does not destroy us.
• Psalms 40:5O Lord my God, you have performed many wonders for us. Your plans for us are too numerous to list. You have no equal. If I tried to recite all your wonderful deeds, I would never come to the end of them.
• Psalms 92:5O Lord, what great works you do! And how deep are your thoughts.
• Jeremiah 32:19You have all wisdom and do great and mighty miracles. You see the conduct of all people, and you give them what they deserve.
• Daniel 4:2“I want you all to know about the miraculous signs and wonders the Most High God has performed for me.
• Romans 11:33Oh, how great are God’s riches and wisdom and knowledge! How impossible it is for us to understand his decisions and his ways!

Commentaries on Isaiah 28:29

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29This also cometh … - That is, these various devices for threshing his grain comes from the Lord no less than the skill with which he tills his land. (see Isaiah 28:26). And excellent in working - Or rather, who magnifies (חגדיל chigdiyl ) his wisdom (תוּשׁיה tûshı̂yâh ). This word properly means wisdom, or understanding Job 11:6; Job 12:16; Job 26:3; Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 8:14; Proverbs 18:1. The idea of the prophet is, that God, who had so wisely…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. 29wonderful in counsel (see Isaiah 9:6): God’s people should learn wisdom about God’s ways, as the farmer has done.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2929. This also--The skill wherewith the husbandman duly adjusts his modes of threshing is given by God, as well as the skill (Is 28:26) wherewith he tills and sows (Is 28:24, 25). Therefore He must also be able to adapt His modes of treatment to the several moral needs of His creatures. His object in sending tribulation (derived from the Latin tribulum, a "threshing instrument," Lu 22:31; Ro 5:3) is to sever the moral chaff from the wheat, not to crush…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