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22 So now, do not mock,
or your chains will become heavier!
For I have heard a message about decreed destruction,
from the Sovereign Lord of Heaven’s Armies against the entire land.[a]
23 Pay attention and listen to my message.[b]
Be attentive and listen to what I have to say![c]
24 Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time?[d]
Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:22 tn Or “the whole earth” (KJV, ASV, NAB, NCV).
  2. Isaiah 28:23 tn Heb “to my voice.”
  3. Isaiah 28:23 tn Heb “to my word”; cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV “hear my speech.”
  4. Isaiah 28:24 tn Heb “All the day does the plowman plow in order to plant?” The phrase “all the day” here has the sense of “continually, always.” See BDB 400 s.v. יוֹם.