Isaiah 28:28

Easy To Read Version

When a woman makes bread, she works and presses the dough with her hands, but she does not do this forever. The Lord punishes his people in the same way. He will scare them with the wagon wheel, but he will not crush them completely. He will not allow many horses {\cf2\super [264]} to trample (walk on) them.

Cross References

Isaiah 21:10

\{Isaiah said,\} “My people, I have told you everything that I heard from the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel. You will be crushed like grain on a threshing floor. {\cf2\super [207]} \par

Isaiah 28:27

Does a farmer use large boards with sharp teeth to crush dill seeds? No! Does a farmer use a wagon to crush cummin seeds? No! A farmer uses a small stick to break the hulls from these seeds of grain.

Isaiah 28:29

This lesson comes from the Lord All-Powerful. The Lord gives wonderful advice. God is truly wise.

Jeremiah 10:24

Lord, correct us!\par But be fair!\par Don’t punish us in anger!\par

Amos 9:9

I am giving the command\par \{to destroy the nation Israel\}.\par I will scatter the people of Israel\par among all nations.\par But it will be like a person \{sifting flour\}.\par A person shakes flour through a sifter. {\cf2\super [117]} \par \{The good flour falls through,\}\par but the bad lumps are caught.\par \{It will be that way with Jacob’s family.\}\par

Numbers 7:3

These leaders brought gifts to the Lord. They brought six covered wagons and twelve cows for pulling the wagons. (One cow was given by each leader. Each leader joined with another leader to give one wagon.) The leaders gave these things to the Lord at the Holy Tent.

Matthew 3:12

He will come ready to clean the grain. {\cf2\super [43]} He will separate the good grain from the straw. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn. And he will burn the part that is not good. He will burn it with a fire that cannot be stopped.”

John 12:24

I tell you the truth. A grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die. Then it grows and makes many seeds. But if it never dies, then it will always be only a single seed.

1 Corinthians 3:9

We are workers together for God. And you are like a farm that belongs to God.