Isaiah 28:29

“This also cometh from the Lord of hosts, &c.] All this wisdom the husbandman has, in manuring his ground, in sowing it with proper seed, and in threshing it out in a manner suitable to it. Agriculture or husbandry, even among the Heathens, is always ascribed to God, as an invention of his, and it was the first work which God put man to, and instructed him in, (<010323>Genesis 3:23 4:2) and as this, so all other arts, and sciences, and manufactures, come from God, even all things in nature, providence, and grace, and the knowledge of them; wherefore he himself must be infinitely wise and knowing; (see <199409>Psalm 94:9,10) and be as he is next described: [which] is wonderful in counsel: in…”

“This also--The skill wherewith the husbandman duly adjusts his modes of threshing is given by God, as well as the skill (Isa 28:26) wherewith he tills and sows (Isa 28:24-25). Therefore He must also be able to adapt His modes of treatment to the several moral needs of His creatures. His object in sending tribulation (derived from the Latin tribulum, a "threshing instrument," Luk 22:31; Rom 5:3) is to sever the moral chaff from the wheat, not to crush utterly; "His judgments are usually in the line of our offenses; by the nature of the judgments we may usually ascertain the nature of the sin" [BARNES]. This chapter opens the series of prophecies as to the invasion of Judea under Sennacherib,…”

“This also - This part of the husbandman's discretion. These words contain the application of the similitude. The husbandman manages his affairs with common discretion; but God governs the world, and his church, with wonderful wisdom: he is great and marvellous, both in the contrivance of things, and in the execution of them. Next: Isaiah Chapter 29”

“28:29 wonderful teacher (or counselor; see 9:6): God’s people should learn wisdom about God’s ways, as the farmer has done.”

“cometh: Isa 28:21, Isa 28:22, Isa 9:6; Job 5:9, Job 37:23; Psa 40:5, Psa 92:5; Jer 32:19; Dan 4:2, Dan 4:3; Rom 11:33 Next: Isaiah Chapter 29”