Isaiah 30:24

Translations

Modern

The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.

Traditional

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.

Literal

…and the oxen and the donkeys working the ground will eat seasoned fodder that has been winnowed with the shovel and the pitchfork.

Latin

…et tauri tui, et pulli asinorum, qui operantur terram, commistum migma comedent sicut in area ventilatum est.

Original

Hebrew

English

The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.

Notes

Isaiah 30:23–24

The people of Judah would again enjoy covenant blessings rather than curses (see Leviticus 26:4).

Isaiah 30:18–33

This prophecy of salvation gave promises of hope. It helped Israel look away from their present suffering.

Instead, it pointed them toward the glorious future that God had prepared for his people.

Isaiah 30:1–33

After warning Judah of judgment due to their stubbornness and reliance on Egypt (Isaiah 30:1–17), God promised to show compassion to his people and defeat their enemies.

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Faithfulness to His People Salvation in Isaiah

Events

Prophecies of Isaiahc. 759 BC

Related verses

Genesis 45:6
For the famine has covered the land these two years, and there will be five more years without plowing or harvesting.
Deuteronomy 25:4
Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.
Exodus 34:21
Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
1 Corinthians 9:9–10
For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
Deuteronomy 21:4
…bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
1 Samuel 8:12
He will appoint some for himself as commanders of thousands and of fifties, and others to plow his ground, to reap his harvest, and to make his weapons of war and equipment for his chariots.
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
Luke 3:17
His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

Glossary

Agriculture Cattle Isaiah, Book of

Topics

Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Fan Agriculture or Farming: Implements of The Shovel Blessing: Temporal, from God Fan used for Winnowing Grain Isaiah: Prophecies, Reproofs Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of Blessing and Restoration the Domestic Donkey was Used in Agriculture the Domestic Donkey: Young, Most Valued for Labour The Ox used for Earing the Ground The Ox was Fed with Corn The Ox: (Engaged in Husbandry) of Ministers Threshing: Followed by a Winnowing with a Shovel or Fan Winnowing of Grain

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