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Isaiah 30:23-24

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30:23 He will water the seed you plant in the ground,

and the ground will produce crops in abundance. 1 

At that time 2  your cattle will graze in wide pastures.

30:24 The oxen and donkeys used in plowing 3 

will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork. 4 

Isaiah 32:20

Context

32:20 you will be blessed,

you who plant seed by all the banks of the streams, 5 

you who let your ox and donkey graze. 6 

1 tn Heb “and he will give rain for your seed which you plant in the ground, and food [will be] the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and abundant.”

2 tn Or “in that day” (KJV).

3 tn Heb “the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground.”

4 sn Crops will be so abundant that even the work animals will eat well.

5 tn Heb “by all the waters.”

6 tn Heb “who set free the foot of the ox and donkey”; NIV “letting your cattle and donkeys range free.”

sn This verse seems to anticipate a time when fertile land is available to cultivate and crops are so abundant that the farm animals can be allowed to graze freely.



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