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23 He will water the seed you plant in the ground,
and the ground will produce crops in abundance.[a]
At that time[b] your cattle will graze in wide pastures.
24 The oxen and donkeys used in plowing[c]
will eat seasoned feed winnowed with a shovel and pitchfork.[d]
25 On every high mountain
and every high hill
there will be streams flowing with water,
at the time of[e] great slaughter when the fortified towers collapse.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 30:23 tn Heb “and he will give rain for your seed that you plant in the ground, and food [will be] the produce of the ground, and it will be rich and abundant.”
  2. Isaiah 30:23 tn Or “in that day” (KJV).
  3. Isaiah 30:24 tn Heb “the oxen and the donkeys that work the ground.”
  4. Isaiah 30:24 sn Crops will be so abundant that even the work animals will eat well.
  5. Isaiah 30:25 tn Or “in the day of” (KJV).

23 He will also send you rain(A) for the seed you sow in the ground, and the food that comes from the land will be rich(B) and plentiful.(C) In that day(D) your cattle will graze in broad meadows.(E) 24 The oxen(F) and donkeys that work the soil will eat fodder(G) and mash, spread out with fork(H) and shovel. 25 In the day of great slaughter,(I) when the towers(J) fall, streams of water will flow(K) on every high mountain and every lofty hill.

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