Agricultural Wisdom

Isaiah 28:24-29 (NASB1995) reads, “Does the farmer plow continually to plant seed? Does he continually turn and harrow the ground? Does he not level its surface and sow dill and scatter cummin and plant wheat in rows, barley in its place and rye within its area? For his God instructs and teaches him properly. For dill is not threshed with a threshing sledge, nor is the cartwheel driven over cummin; but dill is beaten out with a rod, and cummin with a club. Grain for bread is crushed, indeed, he does not continue to thresh it forever. Because the wheel of his cart and his horses eventually damage it, he does not thresh it longer. This also comes from the LORD of hosts, Who has made His counsel wonderful and His wisdom great.”

The Bible is full of Agricultural parables, including this one. Although it is not explicitly trying to teach man how to farm, from an agricultural standpoint this passage is very much applicable to our growing practices. God knows more about agriculture than we do. The Lord created everything and has established certain patterns and seasons to establish, maintain, and harvest our food.

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