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25 When he has prepared the ground, he plants many different seeds. He plants dill and cummin. He plants wheat, barley and different grains in their proper places.

26 God teaches the farmer and he tells him the right thing to do. 27 After the harvest, the farmer knows how to remove seeds from dill or from cummin. He will not pull a heavy iron weight over dill. He will not run the wheels of a cart over cummin. Instead, he will hit them with a light stick.

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25 When he has leveled the surface,
    does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?(A)
Does he not plant wheat in its place,[a]
    barley(B) in its plot,[b]
    and spelt(C) in its field?
26 His God instructs him
    and teaches(D) him the right way.

27 Caraway is not threshed(E) with a sledge,(F)
    nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin;
caraway is beaten out with a rod,(G)
    and cumin with a stick.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
  2. Isaiah 28:25 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.