The oxen likewise and the young asses that ear the ground shall eat clean provender, which hath been winnowed with the shovel and with the fan.
The young donkeys that ear (i:e., till) the ground. Donkeys were employed in tillage as well as oxen (Deuteronomy 22:10).
Shall eat clean (Hebrew, chaamiyts (H2548 ); rather, salted) provender (Gesenius). The Arab proverb is, Sweet provender is as bread to camels; salted provender as confectionery. Bochart translates, 'mixed provender (made) somewhat acid,' which beasts of burden in the East relish. The very cattle shall share the coming felicity. Or else, well-fermented maslin - i:e., provender formed of a mixture of various substances: grain, beans, vetches, hay, and salt.
Winnowed - not as it is usually given to cattle before it is separated from the chaff: the grain shall be so abundant that it shall be given winnowed.
With the shovel. - by which the grain was thrown up in the wind to separate it from the chaff.
Fan - an instrument for winnowing.