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Isaiah 28:24

Isaiah 28:24
Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

When he hath made plain the face thereof,.... By harrowing it, after it is ploughed:

doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin; in sowing them in the ground, prepared for them; the…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Doth the plowman ... - The question here asked implies that he does “not” plow all the day. The interrogative form is often the most emphatic mode of affirmation. All day - The sense is, does he do…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 28:23-29

This parable, which (like many of our Saviour's parables) is borrowed from the husbandman's calling, is ushered in with a solemn preface demanding attention, He that has ears to hear, let him hear,…

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