A farmer does not plow his field all the time; he does not go on working the soil.
There is a time to be born and a time to die. There is a time to plant and a time to pull up plants.
Listen closely to what I tell you; listen carefully to what I say.
He makes the ground flat and smooth. Then he plants the dill and scatters the cumin. He plants the wheat in rows, the barley in its special place, and other wheat as a border around the field.
This is what the Lord says to the people of Judah and to Jerusalem: “Plow your unplowed fields, and don’t plant seeds among thorns.