Isaiah 28:24

Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?
Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?

Jeremiah 4:3

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

Break up the unplowed ground;
do not sow among the thorns.

Hosea 10:11-12

Ephraim is a well-trained calf
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on her fine neck.
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 Jerusalem:

Break up the unplowed ground;
do not sow among the thorns.
Hosea 10:11
Ephraim is a well-trained calf
that loves to thresh,
but I will place a yoke on her fine neck.
I will harness Ephraim;
Judah will plow;
Jacob will do the final plowing.

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