28:27 Certainly 1 caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,
nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed. 2
Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick,
and cumin seed with a flail.
28:28 Grain is crushed,
though one certainly does not thresh it forever.
The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it,
but his horses do not crush it.
41:15 “Look, I am making you like 3 a sharp threshing sledge,
new and double-edged. 4
You will thresh the mountains and crush them;
you will make the hills like straw. 5
1 tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB).
2 sn Both of these seeds are too small to use the ordinary threshing techniques.
3 tn Heb “into” (so NIV); ASV “have made thee to be.”
4 tn Heb “owner of two-mouths,” i.e., double-edged.
5 sn The mountains and hills symbolize hostile nations that are obstacles to Israel’s restoration.