Isaiah 28
ืืฉืขืืื ืคืจืง ืืดื
Section: ื ืืืืื ยท ื ืืืืื ืืืจืื ืื | Book: Isaiah | Chapter: 28 of 66 | Day: 175 of 742
Date: August 5, 2026
ืงืืืื ืขื ืื ืดื
Chapter 28 opens a new unit in Sefer Yeshayahu. The great apocalyptic panorama of chapters 24-27 has concluded, and the prophet returns to the concrete politics of his own generation with a series of woe-oracles (chapters 28-33), each beginning with the cry hoy. The first woe falls on the northern kingdom: โWoe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephraimโ (ืืื ืขืืจืช ืืืืช ืฉืืจื ืืคืจืื). Shomron, seated like a garland on its fertile hill, is imaged as a crown of pride worn by men sodden with wine โ Rashi cites the Gemaraโs remark that the wine of Prugitha and the waters of Damascus โrobbed away the ten tribes,โ and Radak paints the scene of a society whose entire occupation had become eating, drinking, and perfumed oil until they forgot God and His mitzvot. That crown is a fading flower (ืฆืืฅ ื ืื): Hashem has a โstrong and mighty oneโ โ the Assyrian storm, figured as hail, destroying wind, and flooding waters โ that will hurl it to the earth and trample it underfoot. In one of the chapterโs most vivid images, Ephraimโs glory will be like an early fig before summer (ืืืืจื ืืืจื ืงืืฅ), swallowed by whoever sees it while it is still in his hand. Yet the oracle pivots immediately: on that day Hashem Himself will be the crown of beauty (ืขืืจืช ืฆืื) and diadem of glory for the remnant of His people โ Radak reads this of Yehuda and Binyamin under Chizkiyahu โ a spirit of justice for the one who sits in judgment and strength for those who turn back the battle at the gate.
But verse 7 turns the indictment southward with devastating force: โthese tooโ โ Judahโs own priest and prophet โ reel with wine and stagger with strong drink, erring in vision and stumbling in judgment, until โall tables are covered with vomit and filth, with no clean place.โ The very men charged with teaching Torah have made themselves incapable of it, and the prophet asks bitterly, โTo whom shall he teach knowledge?โ โ to infants just weaned from milk? Then comes the chapterโs most famous and most debated line: ืฆื ืืฆื ืฆื ืืฆื ืงื ืืงื ืงื ืืงื ืืขืืจ ืฉื ืืขืืจ ืฉื. Rashi hears in it the peopleโs scornful mimicry of prophetic instruction โ for every precept of God they claim a counter-precept of their idols, for the plumb line of justice a line of wicked judgments โ while Radak reads it as the fragmentary, childish teaching to which the prophet is reduced: like small children they can absorb only a little command here, a little line there, and even so they will not receive it. Because prophetic speech sounds to them like a stammering, foreign tongue (verse 11), the word of Hashem will become for them precisely that broken tzav latzav โ measure for measure โ โso that they will walk and stumble backward, and be broken and snared and captured.โ Tucked into this indictment is the offer they refused: โThis is the rest โ give rest to the wearyโ (verse 12); obedience would have meant menucha in their own land, and they would not listen.
The oracle then confronts the scoffers (ืื ืฉื ืืฆืื) who rule in Jerusalem โ Radak identifies them as the officers of Judah in the days of Achaz โ who boast, โWe have cut a covenant with death (ืืจืชื ื ืืจืืช ืืช ืืืช), and with Sheol we have made a pactโฆ for we have made falsehood our refuge and hidden ourselves in deceit.โ Against this bravado of the invulnerable comes the majestic divine answer of verse 16: โBehold, I lay in Zion a foundation stone, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a foundation firmly founded (ืืื ืืื ืคื ืช ืืงืจืช ืืืกื ืืืกื) โ the believer shall not hasten.โ Rashi reads the stone as the King Mashiach, already decreed; Metzudat David and Radak read it as Chizkiyahu, the righteous king through whom Zion will be saved. Justice will be the measuring line and righteousness the plummet, and then each clause of the scoffersโ boast is dismantled in turn: hail will sweep away the refuge of lies, waters will flood the hiding place, the covenant with death will be annulled (ืืืคืจ ืืจืืชืื ืืช ืืืช), and when the overflowing scourge passes through โ morning by morning, day and night, as Radak describes the relentless advance of Sancherivโs army โ โyou shall be its trampling-place.โ The proverb of verse 20 seals the futility of their policy: the bed is too short to stretch out on, the covering too narrow to wrap in. Most unsettling of all, Hashem will rise โas at Mount Peratzim, as in the valley of Givonโ โ but inverted: where He once fought for Israel against the Pelishtim and the Emori, He will now fight against His own people. It is His โstrange workโ (ืืจ ืืขืฉืื), a deed foreign to His nature and unprecedented in His dealings with Israel.
The chapter closes with the farmerโs parable (verses 23-29), one of the most carefully wrought meshalim in the Neviโim. Does the plowman plow forever? No โ plowing is preparation, and at the right moment he levels the surface and sows, each seed in its proper place: black cumin scattered, cumin thrown, wheat in its row, barley by its sign, spelt at the border. And threshing too is calibrated to the crop: delicate black cumin is beaten with a staff and cumin with a rod, not crushed under the threshing sledge, while bread-grain must be threshed harder โ but never forever, lest the kernel itself be pulverized. โFor his God instructs him rightlyโ (ืืืกืจื ืืืฉืคื ืืืืื ืืืจื ื): the farmerโs discrimination is itself divine wisdom. Rashi makes the nimshal explicit โ if Israel were quick to accept rebuke, God would deal lightly with them; because they are hard like grain, the chastisement is heavy, yet He will not thresh to destruction, for His blows will end and Israel will not. Radak unfolds the allegory at length: the plowman is God, the field is Israel, the plowing is the Exodus, the sowing is Sinai, the rain is the prophets, and the varied seeds are the varied capacities of those who receive the word. The closing doxology โ โThis too comes forth from Hashem of Hosts: wonderful in counsel, great in wisdomโ (ืืคืืื ืขืฆื ืืืืื ืชืืฉืื) โ thus answers the whole chapter. The God who strikes Ephraimโs crown, sweeps away Jerusalemโs refuge of lies, and performs His strange work is not lashing out in fury; His judgments are as measured, as purposeful, and as ultimately productive as the farmerโs year.
ืคืจืง ืืดื ยท Chapter 28
ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 1
Hebrew:
ืึืึนื ืขึฒืึถึคืจึถืช ืึผึตืืึผืชึ ืฉืึดืึผึนืจึตึฃื ืึถืคึฐืจึทึืึดื ืึฐืฆึดึฅืืฅ ื ึนืึตึื ืฆึฐืึดึฃื ืชึดืคึฐืึทืจึฐืชึผึืึน ืึฒืฉืึถึืจ ืขึทืึพืจึนึฅืืฉื ืึผึตึฝืืึพืฉืึฐืึธื ึดึืื ืึฒืึฅืึผืึตื ืึธึฝืึดืื
English:
Ah, the proud crowns of the drunkards of Ephraim,Whose glorious beauty is but wilted flowersOn the heads of those bloatedabloated Ge is contracted from geสผe; cf. Ibn Ezra. with rich food,Who are overcome by wine!
ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 2
Hebrew:
ืึดื ึผึตึจื ืึธืึธึคืง ืึฐืึทืึผึดืฅ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ ืึทึฝืืึนื ึธึื ืึผึฐืึถึฅืจึถื ืึผึธืจึธึื ืฉืึทึฃืขึทืจ ืงึธึืึถื ืึผึฐึ ืึถึ ืจึถื ืึทึฃืึดื ืึผึทืึผึดืืจึดึฅืื ืฉืึนืึฐืคึดึืื ืึดื ึผึดึฅืืึท ืึธืึธึืจึถืฅ ืึผึฐืึธึฝืื
English:
Lo, my Sovereign has something strong and mighty,Like a storm of hail,A shower of pestilence.Something like a storm of massive, torrential rainbrain Lit. โwater.โ Shall be hurled with force to the ground.
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 3
Hebrew:
ืึผึฐืจึทืึฐืึทึืึดื ืชึผึตืจึธืึทึืกึฐื ึธื ืขึฒืึถึฅืจึถืช ืึผึตืึืึผืช ืฉืึดืึผืึนืจึตึฅื ืึถืคึฐืจึธึฝืึดืื
English:
Trampled underfoot shall beThe proud crowns of the drunkards of Ephraim,
ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 4
Hebrew:
ืึฐึฝืึธึจืึฐืชึธึื ืฆึดืืฆึทึคืช ื ึนืึตืึ ืฆึฐืึดึฃื ืชึดืคึฐืึทืจึฐืชึผึืึน ืึฒืฉืึถึฅืจ ืขึทืึพืจึนึืืฉื ืึผึตึฃืื ืฉืึฐืึธื ึดึืื ืึผึฐืึดืึผืึผืจึธืึผึ ืึผึฐืึถึฃืจึถื ืงึทึืึดืฅ ืึฒืฉืึถึจืจ ืึดืจึฐืึถึคื ืึธืจึนืึถืึ ืืึนืชึธึืึผ ืึผึฐืขืึนืึธึฅืึผ ืึผึฐืึทืคึผึืึน ืึดืึฐืึธืขึถึฝื ึผึธืืย {ืก}ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
English:
The wilted flowersโOn the heads of those bloatedcbloated See note at v. 1. with rich foodโThat are his glorious beauty.They shall be like an early figBefore the fruit harvest;Whoever sees it devours itWhile it is still in his hand.din his hand Emendation yields โon the bough.โ
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 5
Hebrew:
ืึผึทืึผึฃืึนื ืึทืึืึผื ืึดึฝืึฐืึถืึ ืึฐืึนืึธึฃื ืฆึฐืึธืึืึนืช ืึทืขึฒืึถึฃืจึถืช ืฆึฐืึดึื ืึฐืึดืฆึฐืคึดืืจึทึืช ืชึผึดืคึฐืึธืจึธึื ืึดืฉืึฐืึธึืจ ืขึทืึผึฝืึนื
English:
In that day, GOD of Hosts shall become a crown of beauty and a diadem of glory for the remnant of this people,
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 6
Hebrew:
ืึผืึฐืจึืึผืึท ืึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธึื ืึทืึผืึนืฉืึตืึ ืขึทืึพืึทืึผึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธึื ืึฐืึดึจืึฐืืึผืจึธึื ืึฐืฉืึดืืึตึฅื ืึดืึฐืึธืึธึื ืฉืึธึฝืขึฐืจึธืืย {ืก}ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
English:
and a spirit of judgment for the one who sits in judgment and of valor for those who repel attacks at the gate.
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 7
Hebrew:
ืึฐืึทืึพืึตึืึผึถืึ ืึผึทืึผึทึฃืึดื ืฉืึธืึืึผ ืึผืึทืฉืึผึตืึธึืจ ืชึผึธืขึืึผ ืึผึนืึตึฃื ืึฐื ึธืึดืืึฉ ืฉืึธืึจืึผ ืึทืฉืึผึตืึธึืจ ื ึดืึฐืึฐืขึฃืึผ ืึดืึพืึทืึผึทึืึดื ืชึผึธืขืึผึ ืึดืึพืึทืฉืึผึตืึธึืจ ืฉืึธืืึผึ ืึผึธืจึนืึถึื ืคึผึธืงึืึผ ืคึผึฐืึดืืึดืึผึธึฝืื
English:
But these are also muddled by wineAnd dazed by liquor:Priest and prophetAre muddled by liquor;They are confused by wine,They are dazed by liquor;They are muddled in their visions,They stumble in judgment.
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 8
Hebrew:
ืึผึดึื ืึผืืึพืฉืึปืึฐืึธื ึืึนืช ืึธืึฐืึืึผ ืงึดึฃืื ืฆึนืึธึื ืึผึฐืึดึื ืึธืงึฝืึนืืย {ืค}
English:
Yea, all tables are coveredWith vomit and filth,So that no space is left.
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 9
Hebrew:
ืึถืชึพืึดืึ ืืึนืจึถึฃื ืึตืขึธึื ืึฐืึถืชึพืึดึื ืึธืึดึฃืื ืฉืึฐืืึผืขึธึื ืึผึฐืืึผืึตืึ ืึตืึธืึธึื ืขึทืชึผึดืืงึตึื ืึดืฉืึผึธืึธึฝืึดืื
English:
eThis is the drunkardsโ reaction to Isaiahโs reproof. โTo whom would he give instruction?To whom expound a message?To those newly weaned from milk,Just taken away from the breast?
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 10
Hebrew:
ืึผึดึฃื ืฆึทึคื ืึธืฆึธืึ ืฆึทึฃื ืึธืฆึธึื ืงึทึฅื ืึธืงึธึื ืงึทึฃื ืึธืงึธึื ืึฐืขึตึฅืืจ ืฉืึธึื ืึฐืขึตึฅืืจ ืฉืึธึฝืื
English:
That same mutter upon mutter,Murmur upon murmur,Now here, now there!โ
โถCommentaries (2)
ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 11
Hebrew:
ืึผึดึื ืึผึฐืึทืขึฒืึตึฃื ืฉืึธืคึธึื ืึผืึฐืึธืฉืึืึนื ืึทืึถึืจึถืช ืึฐืึทืึผึตึืจ ืึถืึพืึธืขึธึฅื ืึทืึผึถึฝืื
English:
Truly, as one who speaks to that people in a stammering jargon and an alien tongue
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 12
Hebrew:
ืึฒืฉืึถึฃืจโื ืึธืึทึฃืจ ืึฒืึตืืึถึื ืึนึคืืช ืึทืึผึฐื ืึผืึธืึ ืึธื ึดึฃืืืึผ ืึถืขึธืึตึืฃ ืึฐืึนึืืช ืึทืึผึทืจึฐืึผึตืขึธึื ืึฐืึนึฅื ืึธืึืึผื ืฉืึฐืึฝืึนืขึทื
English:
is he who declares to them, โThis is the resting place, let the weary rest;flet the weary rest I.e., do not embark on any political adventure at this time. this is the place of repose.โ They refuse to listen.
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 13
Hebrew:
ืึฐืึธืึธึจื ืึธืึถึื ืึผึฐืึทืจึพืึฐืึนืึธึื ืฆึทึฃื ืึธืฆึธึื ืฆึทึคื ืึธืฆึธืึ ืงึทึคื ืึธืงึธืึ ืงึทึฃื ืึธืงึธึื ืึฐืขึตึฅืืจ ืฉืึธึื ืึฐืขึตึฃืืจ ืฉืึธึื ืึฐืึทึจืขึทื ืึตืึฐืึืึผ ืึฐืึธืฉืึฐืึคืึผ ืึธืืึนืจึ ืึฐื ึดืฉืึฐืึผึธึืจืึผ ืึฐื ืึนืงึฐืฉืึืึผ ืึฐื ึดืึฐืึผึธึฝืืึผืย {ืค}
English:
To them the word of GOD is:โMutter upon mutter,Murmur upon murmur,Now here, now there.โAnd so they will march,gmarch I.e., embark on the political adventure. But they shall fall backward,And be injured and snared and captured.
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 14
Hebrew:
ืึธืึตึื ืฉืึดืึฐืขึฅืึผ ืึฐืึทืจึพืึฐืึนืึธึื ืึทื ึฐืฉืึตึฃื ืึธืฆึืึนื ืึนึฝืฉืึฐืึตืึ ืึธืขึธึฃื ืึทืึผึถึื ืึฒืฉืึถึืจ ืึผึดืืจืึผืฉืึธืึธึฝอึดืื
English:
Hear now the word of GOD,You scoffers,Who govern that peoplehWho govern that people Or โcomposers of taunt-verses for that people.โ In Jerusalem!
โถCommentaries (1)
ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 15
Hebrew:
ืึผึดึฃื ืึฒ๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝึทืจึฐืชึผึถึื ืึผึธืจึทึคืชึฐื ึฝืึผ ืึฐืจึดืืชึ ืึถืชึพืึธึืึถืช ืึฐืขึดืึพืฉืึฐืึืึนื ืขึธืฉืึดึฃืื ืึผ ืึนืึถึื (ืฉืื) [ืฉืึฃืึนื] ืฉืืึนืึตึคืฃ ืึผึดืึพ[ืึทึฝืขึฒืึนืจึ] (ืขืืจ) ืึนึฃื ืึฐืืึนืึตึื ืึผ ืึผึดึฃื ืฉืึทึงืึฐื ืึผ ืึธืึธึื ืึทืึฐืกึตึื ืึผ ืึผืึทืฉืึผึถึฅืงึถืจ ื ึดืกึฐืชึผึธึฝืจึฐื ืึผืย {ืค}
English:
For you have said,โWe have made a covenant with Death,Concluded a pact with Sheol.When the sweeping flood passes through,It shall not reach us;For we have made falsehood our refuge,Taken shelter in treachery.โ
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 16
Hebrew:
ืึธืึตึื ืึผึนึคื ืึธืึทืจึ ืึฒืึนื ึธึฃื ืึฑืึนืึดึื ืึดื ึฐื ึดึื ืึดืกึผึทึฅื ืึผึฐืฆึดืึผึืึนื ืึธึืึถื ืึถึฃืึถื ืึผึนึืึทื ืคึผึดื ึผึทึคืช ืึดืงึฐืจึทืชึ ืืึผืกึธึฃื ืืึผืกึผึธึื ืึทึฝืึผึทืึฒืึดึืื ืึนึฅื ืึธืึดึฝืืฉืื
English:
Assuredly,Thus said the Sovereign GOD:โBehold, I will found in Zion,Stone by stone,A tower of precious cornerstones,iA tower of precious cornerstones Meaning of Heb. uncertain. Exceedingly firm;One who trusts need not fear.
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 17
Hebrew:
ืึฐืฉืึทืึฐืชึผึดึคื ืึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธืึ ืึฐืงึธึื ืึผืฆึฐืึธืงึธึื ืึฐืึดืฉืึฐืงึธึืึถืช ืึฐืึธืขึธึคื ืึธืจึธืึ ืึทืึฐืกึตึฃื ืึธืึธึื ืึฐืกึตึฅืชึถืจ ืึทึืึดื ืึดืฉืึฐืึนึฝืคืึผืย {ืก}ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย
English:
But I will apply judgment as a measuring lineAnd retributionjretribution As in 1.27; 5.16; 10.22. as weights;kI will apply โฆ as weights I.e., I will make judgment and retribution My plan of action; cf. 34.11; 2 Kings 21.13. Hail shall sweep away the refuge of falsehood,And flood-waters engulf your shelter.
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 18
Hebrew:
ืึฐืึปืคึผึทึคืจ ืึผึฐืจึดึฝืืชึฐืึถืึ ืึถืชึพืึธึืึถืช ืึฐืึธืืึผืชึฐืึถึฅื ืึถืชึพืฉืึฐืึืึนื ืึนึฃื ืชึธืงึืึผื ืฉืึคืึนื ืฉืืึนืึตืฃึ ืึผึดึฃื ืึทึฝืขึฒืึนึืจ ืึดืึฐืึดึฅืืชึถื ืึืึน ืึฐืึดืจึฐืึธึฝืกื
English:
Your covenant with Death shall be annulled,Your pact with Sheol shall not endure;When the sweeping flood passes through,You shall be its victims.
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 19
Hebrew:
ืึดืึผึตึคื ืขืืึฐืจืึนึ ืึดืงึผึทึฃื ืึถืชึฐืึถึื ืึผึดึฝืึพืึทืึผึนึงืงึถืจ ืึผึทืึผึนึืงึถืจ ืึทืขึฒืึนึืจ ืึผึทืึผึฃืึนื ืึผืึทืึผึธึืึฐืึธื ืึฐืึธืึธึฅื ืจึทืงึพืึฐืึธืขึธึื ืึธืึดึฅืื ืฉืึฐืืึผืขึธึฝืื
English:
It shall catch youEvery time it passes through;It shall pass through every morning,Every day and every night.And it shall be sheer horrorTo grasp the message.โ
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ืคืกืืง ืืณ ยท Verse 20
Hebrew:
ืึผึดึฝืึพืงึธืฆึทึฅืจ ืึทืึผึทืฆึผึธึืข ืึตืึดืฉืึฐืชึผึธืจึตึืขึท ืึฐืึทืึผึทืกึผึตืึธึฅื ืฆึธึืจึธื ืึผึฐืึดืชึฐืึผึทื ึผึตึฝืกื
English:
The couch is too short for stretching out,And the cover too narrow for curling up!
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 21
Hebrew:
ืึผึดึคื ืึฐืึทืจึพืคึผึฐืจึธืฆึดืืึ ืึธืงึฃืึผื ืึฐืึนืึธึื ืึผึฐืขึตึืึถืง ืึผึฐืึดืึฐืขึฃืึนื ืึดืจึฐืึผึธึื ืึทืขึฒืฉืึคืึนืช ืึทืขึฒืฉืึตึืืึผึ ืึธึฃืจ ืึทืขึฒืฉืึตึืืึผ ืึฐืึทึฝืขึฒืึนืึ ืขึฒืึนึฃืึธืชึืึน ื ืืึฐืจึดืึผึธึื ืขึฒืึนืึธืชึฝืึนื
English:
For GOD will ariseAs on the hill of Perazim;[God] will be rousedAs in the vale of Gibeon,To do godly workโStrange is this work!And to perform Godโs taskโAstounding is this task!lStrange is โฆ Godโs task Instead of giving victory, as at Baal-perazim and Gibeon (cf. 2 Sam. 5.19โ25; 1 Chron. 14.9โ16), God will inflict punishment.
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 22
Hebrew:
ืึฐืขึทืชึผึธืึ ืึทืึพืชึผึดืชึฐืืึนืฆึธึืฆืึผ ืคึผึถึฝืึพืึถืึฐืึฐืงึืึผ ืึฝืึนืกึฐืจึตืืึถึื ืึผึดึฝืึพืึธืึธึจื ืึฐื ึถืึฑืจึธืฆึธึื ืฉืึธืึทึืขึฐืชึผึดื ืึตืึตึจืช ืึฒืึนื ึธึงื ืึฑืึนืึดึื ืฆึฐืึธืึืึนืช ืขึทืึพืึผืืึพืึธืึธึฝืจึถืฅืย {ืค}
English:
Therefore, refrain from mockery,Lest your bonds be tightened.For I have heard a decree of destructionFrom my Sovereign GOD of HostsAgainst all the land.
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 23
Hebrew:
ืึทืึฒืึดึฅืื ืึผ ืึฐืฉืึดืึฐืขึืึผ ืงืึนืึดึื ืึทืงึฐืฉืึดึฅืืืึผ ืึฐืฉืึดืึฐืขึืึผ ืึดืึฐืจึธืชึดึฝืื
English:
Give diligent ear to my words,Attend carefully to what I say.
ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 24
Hebrew:
ืึฒืึนึฃื ืึทืึผึืึนื ืึทืึฒืจึนึฅืฉื ืึทืึนืจึตึืฉื ืึดืึฐืจึนึืขึท ืึฐืคึทืชึผึทึฅื ืึดึฝืืฉืึทืึผึตึื ืึทืึฐืึธืชึฝืึนื
English:
Do those who plow to sowPlow all the time,Breaking up and furrowing their land?
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 25
Hebrew:
ืึฒืืึนืึ ืึดืึพืฉืึดืึผึธึฃื ืคึธื ึถึืืึธ ืึฐืึตืคึดึฅืืฅ ืงึถึืฆึทื ืึฐืึทืึผึนึฃื ืึดืึฐืจึนึืง ืึฐืฉืึธึจื ืึดืึผึธึคื ืฉืืึนืจึธืึ ืึผืฉืึฐืขึนืจึธึฃื ื ึดืกึฐืึธึื ืึฐืึปืกึผึถึืึถืช ืึผึฐืึปืึธืชึฝืึนื
English:
When they have smoothed its surface,Do they not rather broadcast black cuminAnd scatter cumin,Or set wheat in a row,mset wheat in a row In some Near Eastern countries, wheat is actually planted rather than scattered. Barley in a strip,And emmer in a patch?
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 26
Hebrew:
ืึฐืึดืกึผึฐืจึฅืึน ืึทืึผึดืฉืึฐืคึผึธึื ืึฑืึนืึธึฅืื ืืึนืจึถึฝื ึผืึผื
English:
For they are taught the right manner,Their God instructs them.
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 27
Hebrew:
ืึผึดึฃื ืึนึคื ืึถืึธืจืึผืฅึ ืึฃืึผืึทืฉื ืงึถึืฆึทื ืึฐืืึนืคึทึฃื ืขึฒืึธืึธึื ืขึทืึพืึผึทืึผึนึื ืืึผืกึผึธึื ืึผึดึงื ืึทืึผึทืึผึถึื ืึตืึธึฅืึถื ืงึถึืฆึทื ืึฐืึทืึผึนึฅื ืึผึทืฉืึผึธึฝืึถืื
English:
So, too, black cumin is not threshed with a threshing board,Nor is the wheel of a threshing sledge rolled over cumin;But black cumin is beaten out with a stickAnd cumin with a rod.
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 28
Hebrew:
ืึถึฃืึถื ืืึผืึธึืง ืึผึดึื ืึนึฅื ืึธื ึถึืฆึทื ืึธืึฃืึนืฉื ืึฐืืึผืฉืึถึื ึผืึผ ืึฐึ ืึธืึทึ ื ืึผึดืึฐืึผึทึงื ืขึถืึฐืึธืชึืึน ืึผืคึธืจึธืฉืึธึืื ืึนึฅื ืึฐืึปืงึผึถึฝื ึผืึผื
English:
It is cereal that is crushed.ncrushed Emendation yields โthreshed.โ For even ifoeven if Taking loสผ as equivalent to lu. it is threshed thoroughly,And overwhelmed by the wheel of a sledge and horses,poverwhelmed โฆ horses Meaning of Heb. uncertain. It will not be crushed.
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ืคืกืืง ืืดื ยท Verse 29
Hebrew:
ืึผึทืึพืึนึืืช ืึตืขึดึื ืึฐืึนืึธึฅื ืฆึฐืึธืึืึนืช ืึธืฆึธึืึธื ืึดืคึฐืึดึฃื ืขึตืฆึธึื ืึดืึฐืึผึดึืื ืชึผืึผืฉืึดืึผึธึฝืืย {ืค}
English:
That, too, is ordered by GOD of HostsโWhose counsel is unfathomable,And whose wisdom is marvelous.
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