27 打小茴香不用大槌,用棍子;
打大茴香不用石磙,用棒子。
28 做餅的糧食要磨碎,
沒有人會不停地在場上碾壓糧食。
馬拉著石磙在場上軋過,
也不會把麥子磨碎。
29 這些知識都是萬軍之耶和華所賜的,
祂有奇妙的謀略和偉大的智慧。

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27 Caraway is not threshed(A) with a sledge,(B)
    nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin;
caraway is beaten out with a rod,(C)
    and cumin with a stick.
28 Grain must be ground to make bread;
    so one does not go on threshing it forever.
The wheels of a threshing cart(D) may be rolled over it,
    but one does not use horses to grind grain.
29 All this also comes from the Lord Almighty,
    whose plan is wonderful,(E)
    whose wisdom is magnificent.(F)

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27 For the black cummin is not threshed with a threshing sledge,
Nor is a cartwheel rolled over the cummin;
But the black cummin is beaten out with a stick,
And the cummin with a rod.
28 Bread flour must be ground;
Therefore he does not thresh it forever,
Break it with his cartwheel,
Or crush it with his horsemen.
29 This also comes from the Lord of hosts,
(A)Who is wonderful in counsel and excellent in [a]guidance.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:29 sound wisdom