Verse 25

Isaiah 28:25

King James Version

25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and rie 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 crown of pride, to the drunkards of Ephraim, whose glorious beauty is a fading flower, wh... Focus ↗
2 Behold, the Lord hath a mighty and strong one, which as a tempest of hail and a destroying storm, as... Focus ↗
3 The crown of pride, the drunkards of Ephraim, shall be trodden under feet: Focus ↗
4 And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, and as th... Focus ↗
5 In that day shall the LORD of hosts be for a crown of glory, and for a diadem of beauty, unto the re... Focus ↗
6 And for a spirit of judgment to him that sitteth in judgment, and for strength to them that turn the... Focus ↗
7 But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and t... Focus ↗
8 For all tables are full of vomit and filthiness, so that there is no place clean. Focus ↗
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned f... Focus ↗
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a littl... Focus ↗
11 For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people. Focus ↗
12 To whom he said, This is the rest wherewith ye may cause the weary to rest; and this is the refreshi... Focus ↗
13 But the word of the LORD was unto them precept upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, l... Focus ↗
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. Focus ↗
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when th... Focus ↗
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a... Focus ↗
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep awa... Focus ↗
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; whe... Focus ↗
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by d... Focus ↗
20 For the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it: and the covering narrower than tha... Focus ↗
21 For the LORD shall rise up as in mount Perazim, he shall be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon, that h... Focus ↗
22 Now therefore be ye not mockers, lest your bands be made strong: for I have heard from the Lord GOD... Focus ↗
23 Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Focus ↗
24 Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground? Focus ↗
25 When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummi...
26 For his God (Elohim) doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. Focus ↗
27 For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about u... Focus ↗
28 Bread corn is bruised; because he will not ever be threshing it, nor break it with the wheel of his... Focus ↗
29 This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in worki... Focus ↗