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Isaiah 28:29 Explained in Context
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Verse 29. 29This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working.
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Quick Meaning
The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working” at Isaiah 28:29 as a specific part of “The Farmer's Varied Work Displays Wise Proportion.”
Read It With
- Isaiah 28:23–29
Read Isaiah 28:29 with 28:23–29. By itself, “This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, historical horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Plowing, sowing different seeds, and threshing each crop appropriately become an agricultural analogy for purposeful, measured action.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within the same chapter, this unit advances from “Jerusalem's Covenant with Death Cannot Stand” into “The Farmer's Varied Work Displays Wise Proportion.” Its non-interchangeable movement is: Plowing, sowing different seeds, and threshing each crop appropriately become an agricultural analogy for purposeful, measured action. This verse's placement is specific: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working” at Isaiah 28:29 as a specific part of “The Farmer's Varied Work Displays Wise Proportion.”
What Remains True
Wisdom applies proportionate means rather than treating every person, problem, or season identically. In Isaiah 28:29, that bounded truth is carried through this verse's role: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working” at Isaiah 28:29 as a specific part of “The Farmer's Varied Work Displays Wise Proportion.”
How It Can Shape Life
- Match a response to the evidence, person, and need rather than treating every problem identically or turning an analogy into a rigid formula. This response follows Isaiah 28:23–29's specific concern, “The Farmer's Varied Work Displays Wise Proportion.” This verse directs that response through its exact role: The prophetic poem or speech in Isaiah states or reports “This also cometh forth from the LORD of hosts, which is wonderful in counsel, and excellent in working” at Isaiah 28:29 as a specific part of “The Farmer's Varied Work Displays Wise Proportion.”
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Read Isaiah 28:23–29 — The Farmer's Varied Work Displays Wise ProportionSources used for this Verse Lens
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Isaiah 28:23–29, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Isaiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology at the exact unit, without treating morphology as apparatus, lexicon, composition history, or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Isa.xml, OSIS 28:23–29 with Hebrew/KJV versification difference checked
Open the fixed Hebrew Isaiah file ↗translation and translator notes
NET Bible Notes: Isaiah
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2016; current official PDF
Supports: Verse-level controls for Hebrew, syntax, poetry, older KJV language, chronology, names, textual issues, and material translation alternatives.
Exact location: Official NET Isaiah PDF, translator, study, and textual notes attached to Isaiah 28:23–29 in the complete 205-page book PDF
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