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25 When he has smoothed its surface,
    doesn’t he scatter fennel,[a] and sow cumin,
    and plant wheat and barley in their places,
    and spelt as a border?
26 They are properly ordered;
    their God directs them.[b]
27 Fennel[c] isn’t threshed with a threshing sledge,
    nor is a cart wheel rolled over cumin,
    but fennel[d] is beaten with a staff,
    and cumin with a rod.

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  1. Isaiah 28:25 Or black cumin
  2. Isaiah 28:26 Or waters them
  3. Isaiah 28:27 Or black cumin
  4. Isaiah 28:27 Or black cumin

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