Isaiah 25:10

25:10 For the Lord’s power will make this mountain secure. ¹ 

Moab will be trampled down where it stands, ² 

as a heap of straw is trampled down in ³  a manure pile.

Isaiah 28:27-28

28:27 Certainly ⁴  caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,

nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed. ⁵ 

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.

Isaiah 41:15

41:15 “Look, I am making you like ⁶  a sharp threshing sledge,

new and double-edged. ⁷ 

You will thresh the mountains and crush them;

you will make the hills like straw. ⁸ 

[25:10]  ¹ tn Heb “for the hand of the Lord will rest on this mountain”; TEV “will protect Mount Zion”; NCV “will protect (rest on NLT) Jerusalem.”

[25:10]  ² tn Heb “under him,” i.e., “in his place.”

[25:10]  ³ tc The marginal reading (Qere) is בְּמוֹ (bÿmo, “in”). The consonantal text (Kethib) has בְּמִי (bÿmi, “in the water of”).

[28:27]  ⁴ tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB).

[28:27]  ⁵ sn Both of these seeds are too small to use the ordinary threshing techniques.

[41:15]  ⁷ tn Heb “into” (so NIV); ASV “have made thee to be.”

[41:15]  ⁸ tn Heb “owner of two-mouths,” i.e., double-edged.

[41:15]  ⁹ sn The mountains and hills symbolize hostile nations that are obstacles to Israel’s restoration.