Isaiah 28:23-29·~1 min
Listen and Hear
Isaiah tells his hearers to listen carefully and then points to the farmer, who does not keep plowing forever but prepares the ground, sows different seeds in fitting places, and handles each crop with the proper tool. Grain is crushed only as much as needed, not forever, and this whole pattern comes from the LORD of Hosts, whose counsel is wonderful and whose wisdom governs even the severity of judgment with precision and purpose.
L23isten and hear my voice. 24Does the plowman plow for planting every day? 25When he has leveled its surface, 26For his God instructs 27Surely caraway is not threshed with a sledge, 28Grain for bread must be ground, 29This also comes from the LORD of Hosts,
Section summaryThe final movement calls for attentive listening and uses the ordinary wisdom of farming to explain the LORD's ordered ways. A farmer does not plow endlessly, sow every seed the same way, or thresh every crop with the same instrument, and so the chapter ends by teaching that the LORD of Hosts also works with variety, timing, and exactness, making His counsel wonderfully wise rather than chaotic or excessive.
Role in the chapterThis section interprets God's judgments through the pattern of skilled agriculture, emphasizing measured wisdom over randomness.