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25 ·He makes [Does he not make…?] the ground flat and smooth.
    Then he plants the dill and scatters the cumin.
·He plants [Does he not plant…?] the wheat in rows,
    the barley in its special place,
    and other wheat as a border around the field.
26 His God ·teaches [instructs] him
    and ·shows [teaches] him the right way.
27 A farmer doesn’t use ·heavy boards to crush [a sledge to thresh] dill;
    he doesn’t use a wagon wheel to crush cumin.
He uses a small stick to break open the dill,
    and with a ·stick [rod; flail] he opens the cumin.

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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.