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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Bread corn is bruised,.... The corn which bread is made of is bruised and ground in a mill:
because he will not always…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
For the fitches are not threshed with a threshing instrument - The word used here (חרוּץ chârûts) denotes properly…
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, 1882–1921Isaiah 28:27-29
Threshing is not bruising. Three methods of threshing are alluded to. (a) Beating with a rod or flail (cf. Jdg 6:11; Rth…
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