Isaiah 30:23

And he will give rain for your seed, so that you may put it in the earth; and you will have bread from the produce of the earth, good and more than enough for your needs: in that day the cattle will get their food in wide grass-lands.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Then shall he give the rain of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the ground withal; and bread of the increase of the earth, and it shall be fat and plenteous: in that day shall thy cattle feed in large pastures.

In Context

22And you will make unclean what is covering your pictured images of silver, and the plating of your images of gold: you will send them away as an unclean thing, saying, Be gone!

24And the oxen and the young asses which are used for ploughing, will have salted grain which has been made free from the waste with fork and basket.

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Cross References

Genesis 41:26The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven good heads of grain are seven years: the two have the same sense.

Leviticus 25:19And the land will give her fruit, and you will have food in full measure and be safe in the land.

Leviticus 26:5And the crushing of the grain will overtake the cutting of the grapes, and the cutting of the grapes will overtake the planting of the seed, and there will be bread in full measure, and you will be living in your land safely.

Psalms 36:8\36:7\How good is your loving mercy, O God! the children of men take cover under the shade of your wings.

Psalms 67:7\67:6\The earth has given her increase; and God, even our God, will give us his blessing.

Psalms 107:35He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:19-27

Promises. ( b. c. 720.) 18 And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him. 19 For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee. 20 And though the Lord give you the bread of adversity, and the water of affliction, yet shall not… Read the whole commentary →

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