Isaiah 28:25
When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place? When he hath made plain the face thereof, doth he not cast abroad the fitches, and scatter the cummin, and cast in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rie in their place?
The farmer first makes the face of the ground plain and level to make it ready, and then casts abroad the fitches and scatters the cummin and casts in the principal wheat and the appointed barley and the rye, each in its proper place. The practical skill and discretion and sound judgment needed for this cultivation are taught by God. Ability for ordinary work, and the wisdom to do that work rightly and to use abilities wisely, are gifts from Him, so that agricultural knowledge itself is instruction from God. Farmers are therefore to keep learning how to draw varied harvests from the land.