Isaiah 28:23

A Parable of Yahweh’s Work

23 Listen, and hear my voice! Listen attentively, and hear my word!

Isaiah 28:23 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 28:23

Give ye ear, and hear my voice
So said the prophet, as the Targum introduces the words; and because what he was about to say was of importance, and delivered in a parabolical manner, and required attention, he makes use of a variety of words to the same purpose, to engage their attention:

hearken, and hear my speech;
now about to be made; listen to it, and get the understanding of it.

Isaiah 28:23 In-Context

21 For Yahweh will rise up as [at] Mount Perazim; he will rave as [in the] valley at Gibeon to do his deed--his deed [is] strange-- and to work his work--his work [is] alien!

22 And now you must not scoff, or your bonds will be strong, for I have heard from the Lord, Yahweh of hosts: complete destruction decreed upon all the land.

23 Listen, and hear my voice! Listen attentively, and hear my word!

24 Is it all day [that] the plowman plows, opens to sow seed, harrows his ground?

25 When he has leveled its {surface}, does he not scatter dill, and sow cumin seed, and {plant} wheat [in] planted rows, and barley [in] an appointed place, and spelt grain [as] its border?