Isaiah 28:28

New Century Version

The grain is ground to make bread. People do not ruin it by crushing it forever. The farmer separates the wheat from the chaff with his cart, but he does not let his horses grind it.

Cross References

Isaiah 21:10

My people are crushed like grain on the threshing floor. My people, I tell you what I have heard from the Lord All-Powerful, from the God of Israel.

Isaiah 28:27

A farmer doesn’t use heavy boards to crush dill; he doesn’t use a wagon wheel to crush cumin. He uses a small stick to break open the dill, and with a stick he opens the cumin.

Isaiah 28:29

This lesson also comes from the Lord All-Powerful, who gives wonderful advice, who is very wise.

Jeremiah 10:24

Lord, correct me, but be fair. Don’t punish me in your anger, or you will destroy me.

Amos 9:9

“I am giving the command to scatter the nation of Israel among all nations. It will be like someone shaking grain through a strainer, but not even a tiny stone falls through.

Numbers 7:3

They brought to the Lord six covered carts and twelve oxen—each leader giving an ox, and every two leaders giving a cart. They brought these to the Holy Tent.

Matthew 3:12

He will come ready to clean the grain, separating the good grain from the chaff. He will put the good part of the grain into his barn, but he will burn the chaff with a fire that cannot be put out.”

John 12:24

I tell you the truth, a grain of wheat must fall to the ground and die to make many seeds. But if it never dies, it remains only a single seed.

1 Corinthians 3:9

We are God’s workers, working together; you are like God’s farm, God’s house.