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Isaiah 28:24
Isaiah 28:24 is verse 24 of Isaiah chapter 28, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
King James Version
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?
World English Bible
Does he who plows to sow plow continually? Does he keep turning the soil and breaking the clods?
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Isaiah 28:22–26 · Berean Standard Bible
22 So now, do not mock, or your shackles will become heavier. Indeed, I have heard from the Lord GOD of Hosts a decree of destruction against the whole land.
23 Listen and hear my voice. Pay attention and hear what I say.
24 Does the plowman plow for planting every day? Does he continuously loosen and harrow the soil?
25 When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
26 For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Jeremiah 4:3For 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.
Hosea 10:11Ephraim is a well-trained heifer that loves to thresh; but I will place a yoke on her fair neck. I will harness Ephraim, Judah will plow, and Jacob will break the hard ground.
Hosea 10:12Sow 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.