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27 For caraway is not threshed with a sharp sledge,
    nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin.
Instead, caraway is winnowed with a stick,
    and cumin with a rod.
28 It[a] must be ground;[b]
    one cannot keep threshing it forever.
Even if he drives his cart[c] and horses over it,
    he cannot crush it.
29 This insight also comes from the Lord of the Heavenly Armies,
    who is distinguished[d] in practical advice
        and[e] magnificent in sound wisdom.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 28:28 I.e. grain; so 1QIsaa MT; 4QIsak reads And it
  2. Isaiah 28:28 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsak MT read must be ground for bread
  3. Isaiah 28:28 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT read the wheel of his cart
  4. Isaiah 28:29 So 1QIsaa; MT reads wonderful
  5. Isaiah 28:29 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and