Isaiah 28:25
“When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For his God doth instruct him to discretion, and doth teach him. God gives the husbandman instruction and discretion how…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
When he hath made plain ... - That is, when he has leveled, or made smooth the surface of the ground by harrowing, or…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 28:23-29
This parable, which (like many of our Saviour's parables) is borrowed from the husbandman's calling, is ushered in with…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
fitches(R.V. marg. black cummin [Nigella sativa) and cummin[Cuminum sativum are both mentioned only in this passage.…