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Isaiah 28:25-27
New English Translation
Isaiah 28:25-27
New English Translation
25 Once he has leveled its surface,
does he not scatter the seed of the caraway plant,
sow the seed of the cumin plant,
and plant the wheat, barley, and grain in their designated places?[a]
26 His God instructs him;
he teaches him the principles of agriculture.[b]
27 Certainly[c] caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,
nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed.[d]
Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick,
and cumin seed with a flail.[e]
Footnotes
- Isaiah 28:25 tc The Hebrew text reads literally, “place wheat [?], and barley [?], and grain in its territory.” The term שׂוֹרָה (sorah) is sometimes translated “[in] its place,” but the word is unattested in the MT elsewhere. It is probably due to dittography of the immediately following שְׂעֹרָה (seoʿrah, “barley”). The meaning of נִסְמָן (nisman) is also uncertain. It may be due to dittography of the immediately following כֻסֶּמֶת (kussemet, “grain”).
- Isaiah 28:26 tn Heb “he teaches him the proper way; his God instructs him.”
- Isaiah 28:27 tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB).
- Isaiah 28:27 sn Both of these seeds are too small to use the ordinary threshing techniques.
- Isaiah 28:27 sn A flail was a hand-held threshing tool that had one stick as its handle and another swinging stick attached to its top. The swinging stick was used to beat the grain off of the stalks, which were laying on the ground.
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