Isaiah 28:27

28:27 Certainly caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,

nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed.

Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick,

and cumin seed with a flail.

Isaiah 41:15

41:15 “Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge,

new and double-edged.

You will thresh the mountains and crush them;

you will make the hills like straw.


tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB).

sn Both of these seeds are too small to use the ordinary threshing techniques.

tn Heb “into” (so NIV); ASV “have made thee to be.”

tn Heb “owner of two-mouths,” i.e., double-edged.

sn The mountains and hills symbolize hostile nations that are obstacles to Israel’s restoration.