28:23 Pay attention and listen to my message! 1
Be attentive and listen to what I have to say! 2
28:24 Does a farmer just keep on plowing at planting time? 3
Does he keep breaking up and harrowing his ground?
1 tn Heb “to my voice.”
2 tn Heb “to my word”; cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV “hear my speech.”
3 tn Heb “All the day does the plowman plow in order to plant?” The phrase “all the day” here has the sense of “continually, always.” See BDB 400 s.v. יוֹם.