Lev 25:4-5, 20-22, Isa 37:30 | ESV | STEP | but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land , a Sabbath to the Lord . You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard .

Leviticus 25:4-5

4 but in the seventh year there shall be a Sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a Sabbath to the Lord. You shall not sow your field or prune your vineyard. 5 ^aYou shall not reap what grows of itself in your harvest, or gather the grapes of your undressed vine. It shall be a year of solemn rest for the land.

Leviticus 25:20-22

20 And if you say, ^b‘What shall we eat in the seventh year, if ^cwe may not sow or gather in our crop?’ 21 I will ^dcommand my blessing on you in the sixth year, so that it will produce a crop sufficient for three years. 22 ^eWhen you sow in the eighth year, you will be eating some of ^fthe old crop; you shall eat the old until the ninth year, when its crop arrives.

Isaiah 37:30

30 “And this shall be the sign for you: this year you shall eat what grows of itself, and in the second year what springs from that. Then in the third year sow and reap, and plant vineyards, and eat their fruit.