Isaiah 28:23-24

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?

[28:23]  ¹ tn Heb “to my voice.”

[28:23]  ² tn Heb “to my word”; cf. KJV, ASV, NRSV “hear my speech.”

[28:24]  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.