Isaiah 28:24 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 28:24

Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?

BSB

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ASV

Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground?

KJV

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Doth the plowman ... - The question here asked implies that he does “not” plow all the day. The interrogative form is often the most emphatic mode of affirmation. All day - The sense is, does he do nothing else but plow? Is this the only thing which is necessary to be done in order to obtain a harvest? The idea which the prophet intends to convey here is this. A farmer does not suppose that he can obtain a harvest by doing nothing else but plow. There is much else to be done.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Therefore those scoffing Israelites were guilty of great folly, in flattering themselves, because of God's long patience towards them; for God will certainly take a time to thresh, and break them with his judgments, as at present he plowed and harrowed them, and so prepared them for it by his threatenings.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
הֲכֹ֣ל	ha.Khol	¿ all	H3605 →
הַיּ֔וֹם	hai.Yom	the day	H3117 →
יַחֲרֹ֥שׁ	ya.cha.Rosh	does he plow	H2790 →
הַחֹרֵ֖שׁ	ha.cho.Resh	the plowman	H2790 →
לִזְרֹ֑עַ	liz.Ro.a'	to sow	H2232 →
יְפַתַּ֥ח	ye.fa.Tach	does he loosen?	H6605 →
וִֽישַׂדֵּ֖ד	vi.sa.Ded	and he may harrow?	H7702 →
אַדְמָתֽוֹ׃	'ad.ma.To	land his	H127 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk5

Where the connections lead

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Through
Jeremiah 4:3
For this is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and Jerusalem: “Break up your unplowed ground, and do not sow among the thorns.
leads to
- Hosea 10:12
  Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.
- Luke 8:7
  Other seed fell among thorns, which grew up with it and choked the seedlings.
- Luke 8:14
  The seeds that fell among the thorns are those who hear, but as they go on their way, they are choked by the worries, riches, and pleasures of this life, and their fruit does…
- Galatians 6:7–8
  Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.
- Mark 4:18–19
  Others are like the seeds sown among the thorns. They hear the word,

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Isaiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Isaiah