For his God instructs him with proper judgment; his God teaches him, establishing that the plowman's knowledge and skill are divinely granted, that the wisdom to work the land properly flows from God. The dual reference to God as instructor and teacher emphasizes God's role in providing the knowledge and discernment necessary for the work. The proper judgment suggests accuracy and correctness in the execution of agricultural tasks. The oracle establishes a pattern: as God teaches the plowman how to work the land effectively, so also God instructs the people and their leaders in the ways of righteousness and covenant faithfulness. The failure of leadership to heed God's instruction represents a refusal of the teaching that is offered.

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