Isaiah 30:24

24 The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel.

Isaiah 30:24 in Other Translations

KJV
24 The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
ESV
24 and the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground will eat seasoned fodder, which has been winnowed with shovel and fork.
NLT
24 The oxen and donkeys that till the ground will eat good grain, its chaff blown away by the wind.
MSG
24 Oblivious to war and earthquake, the oxen and donkeys you use for hauling and plowing will be fed well
CSB
24 The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder scattered with winnowing shovel and fork.

Isaiah 30:24 In-Context

22 Then you will desecrate your idols overlaid with silver and your images covered with gold; you will throw them away like a menstrual cloth and say to them, “Away with you!”
23 He will also send you rain for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich and plentiful. In that day your cattle will graze in broad meadows.
24 The oxen and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder and mash, spread out with fork and shovel.
25 In the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall, streams of water will flow on every high mountain and every lofty hill.
26 The moon will shine like the sun, and the sunlight will be seven times brighter, like the light of seven full days, when the LORD binds up the bruises of his people and heals the wounds he inflicted.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Isaiah 32:14,20
  • 2. S Job 6:5
  • 3. Matthew 3:12; Luke 3:17
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