22 So you had better stop sneeringor you will be in worse shapethan ever before.I heard the Lord All-Powerfulthreaten the whole countrywith destruction.
23 Pay close attentionto what I am saying.
24 Farmers don't just ploughand break up the ground.
25 When a field is ready,they scatter the seedsof dill and cumin;they plant the seedsof wheat and barleyin the proper places.
26 They learn this from their God.
27 After dill and cuminhave been harvested,the stalks are beaten,not run over with a wagon.
28 Wheat and barley are pounded,but not beaten to pulp;they are run over with a wagon,but not ground to dust.