Isaiah 28:22-24

New Century Version

²² Now, you must not make fun of these things,
    or the ropes around you will become tighter.
The Lord God All-Powerful has told me
    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.