Isaiah 28:24


Does the farmer plow all day to plant seed?
Does he continually dig furrows and harrow his ground [after it is prepared]?

Jeremiah 4:3

For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,

“Plow your uncultivated ground [for a season],
And do not sow among thorns.

Hosea 10:11-12


Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to tread out the grain,
But I will come over her fair neck with a heavy yoke [for hard field work].
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow and Jacob will harrow and rake for himself.

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Summary

Doth the plowman plow all day to sow? doth he open and break the clods of his ground?

Bible References

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Jeremiah 4:3
For this is what the Lord says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem,

“Plow your uncultivated ground [for a season],
And do not sow among thorns.
Hosea 10:11

Ephraim is a trained heifer that loves to tread out the grain,
But I will come over her fair neck with a heavy yoke [for hard field work].
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow and Jacob will harrow and rake for himself.