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Isaiah 30:24

King James Version (KJV)

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Isaiah 30:24

Verse 24 of 33

Scripture focus

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.

Isaiah 30:24 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Isaiah 30:24

Theological / Devotional

That ear the ground. Literally, “that till the ground” (see on Gen. 45:6). In Old English “to ear” meant “to till.”

Clean provender. Literally, “mixed fodder,” or “moistened fodder,” that is, “mash,” presumably a superior type of feed for cattle. The lowliest of cattle, the oxen and asses that plow the ground, would have the best of feed. Ordinarily, they were fed barley mixed with hay or straw, but “then” (v. 23), says Isaiah, even the lowly asses would be fed the finest of winnowed grain mixed, perhaps, with salt or alkaline herbs. The point is that this would be evidence of the greatest of plenty. Human beings would, accordingly, fare incomparably better.

The fan. That is, the winnowing fork (see on Matt. 3:12).

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