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Besides the literal signification of breaking up the ground for tillage, this term is employed figuratively; as 'plotting' wickedness. Job 4: 8; Hosea 10: 13. Israel, speaking of the trials they had passed through, say, "The plowers plowed upon my back; they made long their furrows." Ps. 129: 3. It is doubtless typical of the treatment which the blessed Lord received when on earth, especially His being scourged.