以賽亞書 28:23-25 CUNPTS

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:24-28

The analogy of Divine to human methods of working. Isaiah's comparison in this chapter rests wholly upon the assumption of an analogy between God's dealings and man's, when the latter are such as are consonant with reason. Reason, the highest gift of God to man, be assumes to be an adumbration of some quality in the Divine nature, which bears a real resemblance to it. "Reason cometh forth from the Lord of hosts." It is the voice of God speaking in the soul of man. Let man follow it, and his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:25

When he hath made plain the face thereof ; i.e. leveled it—brought the ground to a tolerably even surface. Doth he not cast abroad the fitches? The Hebrew word translated "fitches"— i.e. "vetches"—is qetsach , which is generally allowed to represent the Nigella sativa , a sort of ranun-cuhs, which is cultivated in many parts of the East for the sake of its seeds. These are black, and have an aromatic flavor. Dioscorides (3:83) and Pliny ( Isaiah 19:8 ) say that they were... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:23

Give ye ear - In this verse the prophet introduces an important and striking illustration drawn from the science of agriculture. It is connected with the preceding part of the chapter, and is designed to show the propriety of what the prophet had said by an appeal to what they all observed in the cultivation of their lands. The previous discourse consists mainly of reproofs and of threatenings of punishment on God’s people for their profane contempt of the messengers of God. He had threatened... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:24

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. So it would be just... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:25

When he hath made plain ... - That is, when he has leveled, or made smooth the surface of the ground by harrowing, or rolling it.Doth he not scatter abroad - He does not sow one kind of grain merely, but different species according to the nature of the soil, or according to his wishes in regard to a crop.The fitches - (קצח qetsach). Vulgate, Gith; a kind of cockle (Nigella Romana), an herb of sweet savor. Septuagint, Μικρόν μελάνθιον Mikron melanthion. The word ‘fitch’ denotes a small species... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:23-25

Isaiah 28:23-25. Give ye ear Observe what I say, and do you judge if it be not reasonable. “We have here the last member of this section, in which this severe judgment of God, denounced in the preceding verses, is defended by a parable taken from agriculture, wherein the prophet represents allegorically the intentions and methods of the divine judgments.” “As the husbandman uses various methods in preparing his land, and adapting it to the several kinds of seed to be sown, with a due... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-29

28:1-33:24 HEZEKIAH AND THE ASSYRIANSBefore reading Chapters 28-33, readers should be familiar with the historical background found in the introduction under the heading ‘Judah’s new policies under Hezekiah’. Hezekiah reversed the policies of his father Ahaz. Whereas Ahaz sought help from Assyria to oppose Israel and Syria, Hezekiah sought help from Egypt to oppose Assyria. Isaiah opposed both policies alike. Faith in God, not reliance on foreign powers, is Judah’s only hope for survival. The... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 28:24

plow all day: i.e. continually = ever keep ploughing? See the note on Isaiah 28:28 . he open = he [for ever] open. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 28:25

The principal wheat = wheat in rows. Only here. place = due order. Connect "appointed" with "place", not with "barley". read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 28:23

"Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech. Doth he that ploweth to sow plow continually? doth he continually open and harrow his ground? When he hath leveled the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and put in the wheat in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereof?. For his God doth instruct him aright, and doth teach him. For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:24-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 28:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:23

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 28:25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 28:23-25

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Isaiah 28:1-29

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 28:24

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Isaiah 28:25

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Isaiah 28:23

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