Isaiah 30:24 (DRB)

Passage

And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 30:22 And thou shalt defile the plates of thy graven things of silver, and the garment of thy molten things of gold, and shalt cast them away as the uncleanness of a menstruous woman. Thou shalt say to it: Get thee hence.

Isaiah 30:23 And rain shall be given to thy seed, wheresoever thou shalt sow in the land: and the bread of the corn of the land shall be most plentiful, and fat. The lamb in that day shall feed at large in thy possession:

Isaiah 30:24 And thy oxen, and the ass colts that till the ground, shall eat mingled provender as it was winnowed in the floor.

Isaiah 30:25 And there shall be upon every high mountain, and upon every elevated hill rivers of running waters in the day of the slaughter of many, when the tower shall fall.

Isaiah 30:26 And the light of the moon shall be as the light of the sun, and the light of the sun shall be sevenfold, as the light of seven days: in the day when the Lord shall bind up the wound of his people, and shall heal the stroke of their wound.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "oxen", "colts", "till", "ground", "shall", "mingled", "provender", and "winnowed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "oxen" and "colts", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And rain shall be given to thy..." into verse 25's "And there shall be upon every high...", so "oxen" and "colts" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "oxen" and "colts" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.