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24 Is it all day that the plowman plows,
    opens to sow seed, harrows his ground?
25 When he has leveled its surface,[a] does he not scatter dill,
    and sow cumin seed,
    and plant[b] wheat in planted rows,[c]
    and barley in an appointed place,
    and spelt grain as its border?
26 And his God instructs him about the prescription;[d]
    he teaches him.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:25 Literally “face”
  2. Isaiah 28:25 Literally “place”
  3. Isaiah 28:25 Hebrew “row”
  4. Isaiah 28:26 That is, “the proper way”

24 When a farmer plows for planting,(A) does he plow continually?
    Does he keep on breaking up and working the soil?
25 When he has leveled the surface,
    does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin?(B)
Does he not plant wheat in its place,[a]
    barley(C) in its plot,[b]
    and spelt(D) in its field?
26 His God instructs him
    and teaches(E) him the right way.

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  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.