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

22Then you will destroy all your silver idols and your precious gold images. You will throw them out like filthy rags, saying to them, “Good riddance!” 23Then the Lord will bless you with rain at planting time. There will be wonderful harvests and plenty of pastureland for your livestock. The oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat good grain, its chaff blown away by the wind. 25In that day, when your enemies are slaughtered and the towers fall, there will be streams of water flowing down every mountain and hill. 26The moon will be as bright as the sun, and the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days in one! So it will be when the Lord begins to heal his people and cure the wounds he gave them.

Isaiah 30:24 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• The oxenאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · cattleH504
• likewise and the young assesעַ֫יִר‛ayir · coltH5895
• that earעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: labourH5647
• the groundאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• cleanחָמִיץchâmîyts · saltedH2548
• provenderבְּלִילbelîyl · fodderH1098
• which hath been winnowedזָרָהzârâh · to scatterH2219
• with the shovelרַ֫חַתrachath · shovelH7371
• and with the fanמִזְרֶהmizreh · pitchforkH4214

Cross-references for Isaiah 30:24

• Deuteronomy 25:4“You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.
• 1 Corinthians 9:9For the law of Moses says, “You must not muzzle an ox to keep it from eating as it treads out the grain.” Was God thinking only about oxen when he said this?
• Genesis 45:6This famine that has ravaged the land for two years will last five more years, and there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.
• Exodus 34:21“You have six days each week for your ordinary work, but on the seventh day you must stop working, even during the seasons of plowing and harvest.
• Deuteronomy 21:4They must lead it down to a valley that has not been plowed or planted and that has a stream running through it. There in the valley they must break the heifer’s neck.
• 1 Samuel 8:12Some will be generals and captains in his army, some will be forced to plow in his fields and harvest his crops, and some will make his weapons and chariot equipment.

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