Isaiah 28:27
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 28 connects to 7 cross-references. Woe to the drunkards of Ephraim whose beautiful garland is a fading flower. The prophet turns to Jerusalem's rulers who have made a covenant with death, trusting a lie. God is laying in Zion a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation. …
Other Translations
For the fitches are not threshed with a sharp threshing instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned about upon the cummin; but the fitches are beaten out with a staff, and the cummin with a rod.
For not with a sharp-pointed thing threshed are fitches, And the wheel of a cart on cummin turned round, For with a staff beaten out are fitches, And cummin with a rod.
For the fitches are not crushed with a sharp instrument, and a cart-wheel is not rolled over the cummin; but the grain of the fitches is hammered out with a stick, and of the cummin with a rod.
Cross References
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