Isa 28:27-28 | NET2full | STEP | Certainly caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge , nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed . Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick and cumin seed with a flail .

Isaiah 28:27-28

27 Certainly ^{▼▼tn Or “For” (KJV, ASV, NASB).} caraway seed is not threshed with a sledge,
nor is the wheel of a cart rolled over cumin seed. ^{▼▼sn Both of these seeds are too small to use the ordinary threshing techniques.}
Certainly caraway seed is beaten with a stick
and cumin seed with a flail. ^{▼▼sn A flail was a hand-held threshing tool that had one stick as its handle and another swinging stick attached to its top. The swinging stick was used to beat the grain off of the stalks, which were laying on the ground.}
28 Grain is crushed,
though one certainly does not thresh it forever.
The wheel of one’s wagon rolls over it,
but his horses do not crush it.