Translations
Modern
When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
Traditional
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?
Literal
Does he not, when he has leveled its face, then scatter caraway and sow cummin and put in a row the wheat in the appointed place and the barley and the spelt at its border?
Latin
Nonne cum adæquaverit faciem ejus, seret gith et cyminum sparget? et ponet triticum per ordinem, et hordeum, et milium, et viciam in finibus suis?
Original
Hebrew
English
When he has leveled its surface, does he not sow caraway and scatter cumin? He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots, and rye within its border.
Notes
A farmer knows that there are right and wrong ways to do things, but the leaders of Judah were not that intelligent.
The glory of Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, is here contrasted with the glory of the Lord. This section represents the first of the six woes (Woe to...).
Theme notes and profiles
Events
- Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC
Glossary
Black Cumin, Black Caraway, Nutmeg Flower Bread Cummin Fitch Isaiah, Book of Spelt
Topics
Agriculture: Facts About Cummin: A Plant Bearing a Small Aromatic Seed Fitch: General Scriptures Concerning Herbs: Fitches Judgment: According to Opportunity and Works Parables of the Husbandman Ploughing: Followed by Harrowing and Sowing Rye: Cultivated in Canaan Seed: The Ground Carefully Ploughed, and Prepared For Sower: Sowing Wisdom: Worldly