Isaiah 30:24 (YLT)

Passage

And the oxen and the young asses serving the ground, Fermented provender do eat, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 30:22 And ye have defiled the covering of Thy graven images of silver, And the ephod of thy molten image of gold, Thou scatterest them as a sickening thing, `Go out,' thou sayest to it.

Isaiah 30:23 And He hath given rain <FI>for<Fi> thy seed, With which thou dost sow the ground, And bread, the increase of the ground, And it hath been fat and plenteous, Enjoy do thy cattle in that day an enlarged pasture.

Isaiah 30:24 And the oxen and the young asses serving the ground, Fermented provender do eat, That one is winnowing with shovel and fan.

Isaiah 30:25 And there hath been on every high mount, And on every exalted hill, Rivulets--streams of waters, In a day of much slaughter, in the falling of towers.

Isaiah 30:26 And the light of the moon hath been as the light of the sun, And the light of the sun is sevenfold, As the light of seven days, In the day of Jehovah's binding up the breach of His people, When the stroke of its wound He healeth.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "oxen", "young", "asses", "serving", "ground", "fermented", "provender", and "winnowing". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "oxen" and "young", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 23's "And He hath given rain FI for..." into verse 25's "And there hath been on every high...", so "oxen" and "young" 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 "young" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.