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 the rie in their place?
Ver. 25. When he hath made plain.] Laid it level and equal.
Doth he not cast in the fitches?] See on Isaiah 28:24 .
The appointed barley.] Hordeum signatum. Whatsoever is sealed with a seal is excellent in its own kind; so are all God's sealed ones. Eph 4:30
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...
3. THE SIX WOES OF THE PROPHET, JUDGMENT RUINS AND RESTORATION GLORIES TO COME (28-35) CHAPTER 28 The First Woe and the Message of Assurance 1. _Ephraim addressed (Isaiah 28:1)_ 2. _Jerusalem equall...
THE HUSBANDMAN ADAPTS HIS METHODS TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF EACH CASE. This parable may perhaps not have been spoken to the same audience as Isaiah 28:7, but there is no valid reason for denying it to I...
THE PRINCIPAL WHEAT. wheat in rows. Only here. place. due order. Connect "appointed" with "place", not with "barley"....
A parable derived from husbandry. The motive of its insertion in this place was probably the different treatment meted out to Samaria and to Jerusalem. The precise point of the analogy is somewhat unc...
Ploughing is followed by sowing....
_fitches_(R.V. marg. BLACK CUMMIN [_Nigella sativa_) and _cummin_[_Cuminum sativum_ are both mentioned only in this passage. Note the different methods of sowing; SCATTER (of the fitches), SOW (of the...
GIVE YE EAR, &C.— We have here the fourth 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 p...
2. STABILITY TEXT: Isaiah 28:14-29 14 Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people that is in Jerusalem: 15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and...
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 the rie in their place? WHEN HE...
28:25 rows, (b-22) Or 'the best wheat.'...
This chapter must be assigned (Isaiah 28:1) to a date prior to the capture of Samaria by the Assyrians (722 b.c.) and fall of the northern kingdom. 1-6. Samaria's luxury and self-indulgence pave the...
FITCHES] (i.e. fennel-seed) and CUMMIN were the smallest and most delicate seeds. CAST IN, etc.] RV 'put in the WHEAT in rows, and the barley in the appointed place, and the spelt in the border thereo...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD CONTROLS THE FUTURE ISAIAH CHAPTER S 21 TO 30 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 28 The next section of the Book of Isaiah is from Chapter 28 to Chapter 33. These Cha...
The first parable is about the way that the farmer prepares the soil to receive seed. Once he has ploughed the field, he does not need to repeat the action. • To plough the field may seem to be a pai...
DOTH HE NOT CAST ABROAD THE FITCHES....? — Modern English would give _vetches._ Each verb is carefully chosen to describe the special process that belonged to each kind of seed. We have, as it were, a...
הֲ לֹוא֙ אִם ־שִׁוָּ֣ה פָנֶ֔יהָ וְ הֵפִ֥יץ
BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall either before or during the great Assyrian...
TRUTH THE ONLY REFUGE Isaiah 28:14-29 In the beginning of Hezekiah's reign the Jewish leaders had made an alliance with Assyria, on whom they relied to protect them against any and all foes. But the...
Here begins the third and last circle of the first division of the book. It consists of a series of prophecies concerning the chosen people and the world. In this chapter we have a graphic revelation...
When he hath made (c) even the face of it, doth he not cast abroad the black cummin, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the wheat in rows and the appointed barley and the rye in their place? (c) As t...
_Gith. Heberw ketsach. Septuagint, Greek: melanthion. (Haydock) (Pliny, [Natural History?] xx. 17.) (Menochius) --- Septuagint have not expressed all the terms of the original, (Haydock) being perhaps...
The chapter ends very graciously, in showing the Church, under the similitude of the husbandman, how the Lord takes care of his household. And as Jesus hath sweetly set forth the same blessed truths,...
25._When he hath levelled its surface. _He now speaks about sowing. The sower will not put into the earth as much as he can, nor will he throw it in at random, but will measure the ground, and give to...
Chapter 28 sets before us the first elements of these final scenes in the history of this wonderful people. The scourge comes from the north. Ephraim is invaded as by an overflowing torrent, by a temp...
WHEN HE HATH MADE PLAIN THE FACE THEREOF,.... By harrowing it, after it is ploughed: DOTH HE NOT CAST ABROAD THE FITCHES, AND SCATTER THE CUMMIN; in sowing them in the ground, prepared for them; the...
_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 d...
When he hath made plain the face thereof, prepared the top of the ground, so that it is even, DOTH HE NOT CAST ABROAD THE FITCHES, rather, the black cumin, AND SCATTER THE CUMIN, the ordinary kind, AN...
THE CHASTISEMENT OF THE LORD OF HOSTS...
THE PRINCIPAL WHEAT: Or, the wheat in the principal place, and barley in the appointed place RYE: Or, spelt PLACE?: _ Heb._ border...
23-29 The husbandman applies to his calling with pains and prudence, in all the works of it according to their nature. Thus the Lord, who has given men this wisdom, is wonderful in counsel, and excel...
MADE PLAIN THE FACE THEREOF, by breaking the clods, which made it ragged and uneven. THE PRINCIPAL WHEAT; either, 1. The wheat, which is the principal or chief of all these grains; or, 2. The best wh...
Isaiah 28:25 leveled H7737 (H8765) surface H6440 sow H6327 (H8689) cummin H7100 scatter H2236 (H8799) cummin...
THE PARABLE OF THE FARMER AND HIS CROPS (ISAIAH 28:23). The point behind this parable is that the wise farmer thinks carefully about what he is doing and does not get bogged down in one activity. He l...
CONTENTS: Woe of Ephriam due to drunkenness. Prediction of Assyrian captivity of Ephriam. Ephriam's fate a warning to Judah. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The glorious beauty and the plenty of the lan...
Isaiah 28:1. _The crown of pride._ Sebaste, the ancient Samaria, is situated on a long mount of an oval figure, having first a fruitful valley, and then a circle of hills running round about it. _Maun...
_The ploughman_ THE PARABLE OF THE PLOUGHMAN AND THE THRESHER 1. The general drift of the parable is obvious. The husbandman does not forever vex and wound the tender bosom of the earth with the kee...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 28:23 God’s dealings with his people, though “strange” (v. Isaiah 28:21), are wise. He can be trusted in everything....
THE PARABLE OF THE HUSBANDMAN Isaiah 28:24. _Doth the plowman plow all day to sow?_ &c. [1117] [1117] In this parable the mystery of the Divine Providence is laid open, its secret disclosed. _All plo...
SECTION VII. RENEWED DENUNCIATIONS OF ISRAEL AND JUDAH (CH. 28-31.) EXPOSITION ISAIAH 28:1 A WARNING TO SAMARIA. The prophet has now east his eagle glance
Chapter 28. Now the prophet turns to the local present issues. He is now... he's gone off down the road to the end of things. Now he comes back and he begins to speak of the Northern Kingdom, the majo...
Exodus 9:31; Exodus 9:32; Ezekiel 4:9...
Made plain — By breaking the clods. The wheat — The best which he chuses for seed. Barley — That proportion of barley which he appointed. Place — Heb. in his border; each seed in a several place....