21. For the Lord will rise up as He did at Mount Perazim. He will rise in wrath, as at the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work,and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
22. So now, do not mock,or your shackles will become stronger.Indeed, I have heard from the Lord God of Hostsa decree of destruction for the whole land.
23. Listen and hear my voice.Pay attention and hear what I say.
24. Does the plowman plow every day to plant seed?Does he continuously break up and cultivate the soil?
25. When he has leveled its surface,does he not then scatter black cumin and sow cumin?He plants wheat in rows and barley in plots,with spelt as their border.
26. His God teaches him order;He instructs him.
27. Certainly black cumin is not threshedwith a threshing board,and a cart wheel is not rolled over the cumin.But black cumin is beaten out with a stick,and cumin with a rod.
28. Bread grain is crushed,but is not threshed endlessly.Though the wheel of the farmer’s cart rumbles,his horses do not crush it.
29. This also comes from the Lord of Hosts.He gives wonderful advice;He gives great wisdom.