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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 no...
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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...
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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...
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PLOW ALL DAY: i.e. continually. ever keep ploughing? See the note on
Isaiah 28:28.
HE OPEN. he [for ever] open....
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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...
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_all day_ i.e. CONTINUALLY (R.V.), "uninterruptedly." The emphasis of
the question lies on this word.
_to sow_is an awkward addition and may be a gloss. If genuine the
sense must be paraphrased "seei...
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Ploughing is followed by sowing....
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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...
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2. STABILITY
TEXT: Isaiah 28:14-29
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Wherefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scoffers, that rule this people
that is in Jerusalem:
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Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and...
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Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the
clods of his ground?
DOTH THE PLOWMAN PLOW ALL DAY TO SOW? - emphatic: he is not always
plowing; he also 'sows,' and that, too, in...
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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...
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The implied answer is No; he doth not do these things continually....
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DOTH THE PLOWMAN PLOW ALL DAY...? — Better, _every day._ Ploughing
represents naturally, as in Jeremiah 4:3, the preparatory discipline
by which the spiritual soil is rendered fit for the sower’s work...
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הֲ כֹ֣ל הַ יֹּ֔ום יַחֲרֹ֥שׁ הַ חֹרֵ֖שׁ
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_Sow. The works of the husbandman vary, so will God's punishments be
inflicted with measure, according to each one's deserts, ver. 27., and
Wisdom vi. 7. (Calmet)_...
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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,...
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24._Doth the ploughman plough every day _(242) _to sow? _This passage
is commonly explained as if the Lord reproached his people for
ingratitude, because he had cultivated the field as a husbandman, a...
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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...
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DOTH THE PLOUGHMAN PLOUGH ALL DAY TO SOW?.... Or, "every day"; he
ploughs in order to sow; by ploughing he prepares the ground for
sowing, that is his end in ploughing; and he may plough a whole day
t...
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Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods
of his ground?
Ver. 24. _Doth the plowman plow all day to sow?_] _a_ Or, Every day.
Doth he not find him somewhat else to do bes...
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_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...
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Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? Does he continue the same
process in endless repetition? DOTH HE OPEN AND BREAK THE CLODS OF HIS
GROUND? by the process of harrowing. To keep on with the same wor...
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THE CHASTISEMENT OF THE LORD OF HOSTS...
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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...
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DOTH THE PLOUGHMAN PLOUGH ALL DAY TO SOW? the ploughman doth not spend
all his time in ploughing the ground, in order to the sowing it, or,
as it follows, in opening it, and breaking its clods; but he...
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Isaiah 28:24 plowman H2790 (H8802) plowing H2790 (H8799) day H3117 sow
H2232 (H8800) turning H6605 ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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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...
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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
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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...
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Hosea 10:11; Hosea 10:12; Jeremiah 4:3...
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Doth — The plowman doth not spend all his time in plowing the
ground; but he has several times for several works. And so God has his
times and seasons for several works, and his providence is various...