Bread [corn] is bruised
The corn which bread is made of is bruised and ground in a mill:
because he will not always be threshing it;
for there is another way of bringing it to flour, that so it may
be made bread, namely, by grinding it in a mill; and therefore
the husbandman uses his discretion in threshing it; he will not
thresh it too much, nor too long, no more than what is necessary
to get out the grain, but will take care that he does not bruise
and break it; as follows: nor break [it with] the wheel of
his cart, nor bruise it [with] his
horsemen;
though he makes use of the above threshing instrument, drawn upon
wheels by horses, or oxen, for the threshing out of wheat,
barley, or rye, corn of which bread is made; yet he takes care
that it is not crushed and spoiled by the wheels of the cart, or
the feet of the horses, or oxen, going too often over it; by all
which may be signified the tender regard of God in afflicting his
own people; he will not always be chiding, striving, and
contending with them, or be always angry, and ever afflicting,
and, when he does afflict, it is in a tender and careful manner,
( Psalms
103:9 Psalms
103:13 ) ( 125:3 ) (
Isaiah 27:8
Isaiah 27:9 )
( 57:16
) .