Isaiah 28:23-29

New Catholic Bible

²³ Listen carefully to my words;
    pay close attention to what I have to say.
²⁴ Does the plowman spend his entire time plowing,
    breaking up and harrowing his land?
²⁵ Once he has leveled its surface,
    does he not scatter the fennel and sow cummin,
and plant wheat and barley,
    with spelt around the borders?
²⁶ God has instructed him in this
    and trained him correctly.
²⁷ Fennel must not be threshed with a sledge,
    nor is a cartwheel rolled over cummin.
²⁸ Grain must be crushed for bread,
    but it cannot be done so to excess;
one maneuvers the cartwheels and the horses
    but is careful not to grind it too fine.
²⁹ All this knowledge comes from the Lord of hosts
    whose counsel is wonderful
    and whose wisdom is great.