Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 30:24
Clean provender — There should be such plenty of corn, that the very beasts, instead of straw, should eat corn; and that not in the ear, or with the straw, but the pure grain.
Clean provender — There should be such plenty of corn, that the very beasts, instead of straw, should eat corn; and that not in the ear, or with the straw, but the pure grain.
THE YOUNG DONKEYS THAT EAR THE GROUND - Hebrew, ‘Labouring,’ or ‘cultivating the ground,’ that is, plowing it. The Old English word “ear” (from the Latin _aro_) meant to till, to cultivate. The word i...
CHAPTER 30 The Fourth Woe Against Alliance With Egypt 1. _The alliance and its failure (Isaiah 30:1)_ 2. _The written table against the rebellious people (Isaiah 30:8)_ 3. Jehovah's word of encourage...
Yahweh waits till the time is ripe for intervention, and then shows His graciousness and mercy. Then there shall be no sorrow in Zion; Yahweh's answer anticipates (render, has answered) His people's p...
EAR. Old English. to plough: from Anglo-Saxon _erian:_ and this from the Latin _arare_: the Aryan root AR entering into many words with. cognate reference. ARt (ploughing being the oldest art); oAR (w...
The temporal blessings of the new dispensation....
Comp. Paul's "Doth God take care for oxen?" (1 Corinthians 9:9). _that ear_ (the obsolete English word for "plough"), strictly TILL, R.V. _clean provender_ SALTED FODDER, i.e. the best fodder (Job 6:...
THEN SHALL HE GIVE THE RAIN OF THY SEED— _And he shall give rain for thy seed._ Lowth. It appears very plainly from the latter end of the 25th verse, and from the 26th, that the prophet here is not to...
2. SALVATION TEXT: Isaiah 30:15-33 15 For thus said the Lord Jehovah, the Holy One of Israel, In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye...
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. THE YOUNG DONKEYS THAT EAR (I:E., TILL) THE GROUND....
1-7. The Egyptian alliance is profitless. 8-11. The perversity of Judah, 12-17. and its disastrous consequences. 18-26. There is a glorious prospect for the repentant people. 27-33 But first Jehov...
CLEAN] 'salted.' Even the cattle shall not lack carefully prepared and seasoned provender....
THE OXEN LIKEWISE AND THE YOUNG ASSES... — It is, perhaps, hardly necessary to remind the reader that the verb “ear” means “plough.” CLEAN PROVENDER. — Literally, _salted._ The epithet describes what...
וְ הָ אֲלָפִ֣ים וְ הָ עֲיָרִ֗ים עֹֽבְדֵי֙
BOOK 3 ORATIONS ON THE EGYPTIAN INTRIGUES AND ORACLES ON FOREIGN NATIONS 705-702 B.C. Isaiah: 29 About 703 30 A little later 31 A little later 32:1-8 Later 32:9-20 Date uncertain ------------...
THE GOODNESS OF GOD'S SEVERITY Isaiah 30:18-33 Jerusalem refused God's invitation to return to Him and rest; they preferred to trust in Egyptian cavalry. Their Almighty Friend knew that this would en...
This chapter contains two distinct messages. In the first, the prophet denounces an alliance with Egypt (verses Isa 30:1-26), and in the second foretells the destruction of Assyria (verses Isa 30:27-3...
CHAPTER XXX. _ Floor. They shall not have straw only, but wheat, &c., to denote abundance._...
How very sweetly and blessedly doth the Prophet describe the sure effects of grace, in the hearts of those, where God's words, like the good seed, have fallen into good ground! Everything that is filt...
24._Thine oxen also. _When he promises that the oxen and the asses shall eat abundant and clean provender, this is a repetition and confirmation of what was stated in the preceding verse. This passage...
The effect of this unbelief is manifested in chapter 30. The people put their trust in man, according to the wisdom of man. They look to Egypt for help, but in vain. This contempt of Jehovah, accompan...
THE OXEN LIKEWISE AND THE YOUNG ASSES THAT EAR THE GROUND,.... Or till it; for though these might not be joined together in a yoke, yet they were made use of separately in ploughing land, Deuteronomy...
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan. Ver. 24. _Shall eat clean provender._] Such plenty ther...
_Then shall he give_ thee _the rain of thy seed_ Or rather, _to_, or _for thy seed_, namely, when thou hast newly sown it, which was called _the former rain;_ or, such as thy seed requires, which may...
The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground, that is, which plow and till the farmland, SHALL EAT CLEAN PROVENDER, a mash of grain and chopped herbs, made more palatable by the addition...
Trust in Jehovah Rewarded; Overthrow of the Lord's Enemies...
CLEAN: Or, savoury. _Heb._ leavened...
19-26 God's people will soon arrive at the Zion above, and then they will weep no more for ever. Even now they would have more comfort, as well as holiness, if they were more constant in prayer. A fa...
CLEAN PROVENDER; or, as learned Mr. Gataker renders it, threshed, which agrees well with the following clause, corn being first threshed, and then winnowed. The sense is, there should be such plenty o...
Isaiah 30:24 oxen H504 donkeys H5895 work H5647 (H8802) ground H127 eat H398 (H8799) cured H2548 fodder...
FOR GOD'S FINAL PURPOSE IS TO BLESS HIS TRUE PEOPLE WHO WILL REMAIN AFTER HIS CHASTISEMENT AND PURIFICATION, AND TO DEFEAT THEIR ENEMIES HIMSELF (ISAIAH 30:19). While the future holds adversity for th...
CONTENTS: Warnings against alliance with Egypt against Sennacherib and exhortation to turn to the Lord for help. CHARACTERS: God, Pharoah. CONCLUSION: When sin has brought men into distress, it is th...
Isaiah 30:1. _Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of me._ It was a law among all ancient nations to undertake nothing of importance without consulting the gods....
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 30:23 AND HE WILL... Isaiah foresees the messianic kingdom (see Deuteronomy 28:1). The details suggest the glorious reality and fullnes
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 30:1 THE ALLIANCE WITH EGYPT OPENLY REBUKED. In the preceding chapter (Isaiah 30:15) the design of the Jewish rulers to seek the alliance of Egypt was covertly
Woe to the rebellious children, saith the LORD, that take counsel, but not from me; and that cover with a covering, but not of my Spirit, that they may add sin to their sin (Isaiah 30:1): Now these pe...
1 Corinthians 9:10; 1 Corinthians 9:9; 1 Samuel 8:12; Deuteronomy 21:4;...