Isaiah 30:23
21 And whether you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will hear this command behind you: “This is the way. Walk in it.”
22 So you will desecrate your silver-plated idols and your gold-plated images. You will throw them away like menstrual cloths, saying to them, “Be gone!”
Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
24 The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
25 And from every high mountain and every raised hill, streams of water will flow in the day of great slaughter, when the towers fall.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Then He will send rain for the seed that you have sown in the ground, and the food that comes from your land will be rich and plentiful. On that day your cattle will graze in open pastures.
- KJV
- Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.
- WEB
- He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.
- ASV
- And he will give the rain for thy seed, wherewith thou shalt sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;
- DARBY
- And he will give the rain of thy seed with which thou shalt sow the ground; and bread, the produce of the ground, and it shall be fat and rich. In that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures;
- BLB
- And He will give the rain for your seed with which you sow the ground, and the bread [of] the produce of the ground, and it will be fat and rich. In that day your cattle will feed in broad pastures,
- ÅB
- Da skal han gi regn for sæden du sår i jorden, og brød av jordens grøde, og det skal være kraftig og saftig; din buskap skal på den dag belte på en vid eng.
- OTB
- Han vil også sende regn for såkornet dere sår i jorden, og maten som kommer fra landet vil være rik og rikelig. På den dagen skal deres buskap beite på vide beitemarker.
- B1930
- Da skal han gi regn for sæden du sår i jorden, og brød av jordens grøde, og det skal være kraftig og saftig; din buskap skal på den dag belte på en vid eng.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 8:11–12
But now I will not treat the remnant of this people as I did in the past,” declares the LORD of Hosts.
Read in contextPsalms 65:9–13
You attend to the earth and water it; with abundance You enrich it. The streams of God are full of water, for You prepare our grain by providing for the earth.
Read in contextIsaiah 32:20
Blessed are those who sow beside abundant waters, who let the ox and donkey range freely.
Read in contextIsaiah 58:11
The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Read in contextZechariah 10:1
Ask the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
Read in contextMalachi 3:10
Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.
Read in contextPsalms 36:8
They feast on the abundance of Your house, and You give them drink from Your river of delights.
Read in contextPsalms 144:12–14
Then our sons will be like plants nurtured in their youth, our daughters like corner pillars carved to adorn a palace.
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