Isaiah 28:23

23 Listen closely to what I tell you; listen carefully to what I say.

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 The Lord will fight as he did at Mount Perazim. He will be angry as he was in the Valley of Gibeon. He will do his work, his strange work. He will finish his job, his strange job.

22 Now, you must not make fun of these things, or the ropes around you will become tighter. how the whole earth will be destroyed.

23 Listen closely to what I tell you; listen carefully to what I say.

24 A farmer does not plow his field all the time; he does not go on working the soil.

25 He makes the ground flat and smooth. Then he plants the dill and scatters the cumin. He plants the wheat in rows, the barley in its special place, and other wheat as a border around the field.