Verse 25
Isaiah 28:25
Geneva Bible
25
When he hath made it plaine, wil he not then sowe the fitches, and sowe cummin, and cast in wheat by measure, and the appointed barly and rye in their place?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֲ/לוֹא֙ אִם שִׁוָּ֣ה פָנֶ֔י/הָ וְ/הֵפִ֥יץ קֶ֖צַח וְ/כַמֹּ֣ן יִזְרֹ֑ק וְ/שָׂ֨ם חִטָּ֤ה שׂוֹרָה֙ וּ/שְׂעֹרָ֣ה נִסְמָ֔ן וְ/כֻסֶּ֖מֶת גְּבֻלָתֽ/וֹ
English Translation
"Is it not like the chaff that the wind blows away, and like straw that the wind scatters, and like wheat that is put in its place and barley is signified, and spelt at the edge of its boundary?"
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Chapter 28 Context
1
Woe to the crowne of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim: for his glorious beautie shall be a fading flo...
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Beholde, the Lord hath a mightie and strong hoste, like a tempest of haile, and a whirlewinde that o...
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3
They shall be troden vnder foote, euen the crowne and the pride of the drunkards of Ephraim.
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For his glorious beautie shall be a fading floure, which is vpon the head of the valley of them that...
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5
In that day shall the Lord of hostes be for a crowne of glory, and for a diademe of beautie vnto the...
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6
And for a spirite of iudgement to him that sitteth in iudgement, and for strength vnto them that tur...
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7
But they haue erred because of wine, and are out of the way by strong drinke: the priest and the pro...
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8
For all their tables are full of filthy vomiting: no place is cleane.
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9
Whome shall he teache knowledge? and whome shall he make to vnderstand the thinges that hee heareth?...
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10
For precept must be vpon precept, precept vpon precept, line vnto line, line vnto line, there a litl...
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11
For with a stammering tongue and with a strange language shall he speake vnto this people.
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12
Vnto whome hee saide, This is the rest: giue rest to him that is weary: and this is the refreshing,...
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13
Therefore shall the worde of the Lord be vnto them precept vpon precept, precept vpon precept, line...
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14
Wherefore, heare the worde of the Lord, ye scornefull men that rule this people, which is at Ierusal...
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15
Because ye haue said, We haue made a couenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement: though...
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16
Therefore thus saith the Lord God (Elohim), Behold, I will laye in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a pr...
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17
Iudgement also will I laye to the rule, and righteousnesse to the balance, and the haile shall sweep...
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18
And your couenant with death shalbe disanulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand: when a...
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19
When it passeth ouer, it shall take you away: for it shall passe through euery morning in the day, a...
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20
For the bed is streight that it can not suffice, and the couering narowe that one can not wrappe him...
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21
For the Lord shall stand as in mount Perazim: hee shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that he...
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22
Nowe therefore be no mockers, least your bondes increase: for I haue heard of the Lord of hostes a c...
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23
Hearken ye, and heare my voyce: hearken ye, and heare my speach.
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24
Doeth the plowe man plowe all the day, to sowe? doeth he open, and breake the clots of his ground?
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25
When he hath made it plaine, wil he not then sowe the fitches, and sowe cummin, and cast in wheat by...
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For his God (Elohim) doeth instruct him to haue discretion, and doeth teach him.
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27
For fitches shall not be threshed with a threshing instrument, neither shall a cart wheele be turned...
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28
Bread corne when it is threshed, hee doeth not alway thresh it, neither doeth the wheele of his cart...
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29
This also commeth from the Lord of hostes, which is wonderfull in counsell, and excellent in workes.
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