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Isaiah 30:14
14Its collapse will be like the shattering of a potter’s jar, crushed to pieces, so that not even a fragment of pottery will be found among its shattered remains — no fragment large enough to take fire from a hearth or scoop water from a cistern.”
Isaiah 30:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit.
- New International Version (NIV)It will break in pieces like pottery, shattered so mercilessly that among its pieces not a fragment will be found for taking coals from a hearth or scooping water out of a cistern.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)and its breaking is like that of a potter's vessel that is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a shard is found with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern."
- New King James Version (NKJV)And He shall break it like the breaking of the potter’s vessel, Which is broken in pieces; He shall not spare. So there shall not be found among its fragments A shard to take fire from the hearth, Or to take water from the cistern.”
Context of Isaiah 30:14
12Therefore the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message and have trusted in oppression and deceit, and have depended on them, 13this iniquity of yours will be like a crumbling gap, a bulge in a high wall whose collapse will come in an instant — suddenly! Its collapse will be like the shattering of a potter’s jar, crushed to pieces, so that not even a fragment of pottery will be found among its shattered remains — no fragment large enough to take fire from a hearth or scoop water from a cistern.” 15For the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “You will be delivered by returning and resting; your strength will lie in quiet confidence. But you are not willing.” 16You say, “No! We will escape on horses” — therefore you will escape! — and, “We will ride on fast horses” — but those who pursue you will be faster.
Read all of Isaiah 30Isaiah 30:14 word by word
וּ֠שְׁבָרָהּ כְּשֵׁ֨בֶר נֵ֧בֶל יוֹצְרִ֛ים כָּת֖וּת לֹ֣א יַחְמֹ֑ל וְלֹֽא־יִמָּצֵ֤א בִמְכִתָּתוֹ֙ חֶ֔רֶשׂ לַחְתּ֥וֹת אֵשׁ֙ מִיָּק֔וּד וְלַחְשֹׂ֥ף מַ֖יִם מִגֶּֽבֶא׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And he shall breakשָׁבַרshâbar · to breakH7665
- it as the breakingשֶׁ֫בֶרsheber shêber · breakingH7667
- of the potters’יָצַרyâtsar · to form: potterH3335
- vesselנֵ֫בֶלnebel nêbel · bagH5035
- that is broken in piecesכָּתַתkâthath · to crushH3807
- he shall not spareחָמַלchâmal · to spareH2550
- so that there shall not be foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
- in the burstingמְכִתָּהmekittâh · fragmentH4386
- of it a sherdחֶ֫רֶשׂchereώ · earthenwareH2789
- to takeחָתָהchâthâh · to snatch upH2846
- fireאֵשׁ'êsh · fireH784
- from the hearthיָקַדyâqad · to burnH3344
- or to takeחָשַׂףchâώaph · to stripH2834
- waterמַיmayim · waterH4325
- out of the pitגֶּ֫בֶאgebe' · cisternH1360
Cross-references for Isaiah 30:14
- Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron scepter; you will shatter them like pottery.”
- Jeremiah 19:10“Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the people going with you,
- Revelation 2:27and he will rule them with an iron scepter; he will shatter them like pottery —
- Isaiah 27:11When its branches dry out, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, for they are not a people with understanding. Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and their Creator will not be gracious to them.
- Deuteronomy 29:20The Lord will not be willing to forgive him. Instead, his anger and jealousy will burn against that person, and every curse written in this scroll will descend on him. The Lord will blot out his name under heaven,
- Job 27:22It blasts at him without mercy, while he flees desperately from its force.
- Jeremiah 13:14I will smash them against each other, fathers and sons alike — this is the Lord’s declaration. I will allow no mercy, pity, or compassion to keep me from destroying them.’”
- Ezekiel 5:11“Therefore, as I live” — this is the declaration of the Lord God — “I will withdraw and show you no pity, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your abhorrent acts and detestable practices. Yes, I will not spare you.
- Ezekiel 7:4I will not look on you with pity or spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for your detestable practices within you. Then you will know that I am the Lord.”
- Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not show pity or spare them. Though they call loudly in my hearing, I will not listen to them.”
- Ezekiel 9:10But as for me, I will not show pity or spare them. I will bring their conduct down on their own heads.”
- Ezekiel 24:14I, the Lord, have spoken. It is coming, and I will do it! I will not refrain, I will not show pity, and I will not relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds. This is the declaration of the Lord God.’”
- Romans 8:32He did not even spare his own Son but gave him up for us all. How will he not also with him grant us everything?
- Romans 11:21because if God did not spare the natural branches, he will not spare you either.
- 2 Peter 2:4For if God didn’t spare the angels who sinned but cast them into hell and delivered them in chains of utter darkness to be kept for judgment;
- Isaiah 47:14Look, they are like stubble; fire burns them. They cannot rescue themselves from the power of the flame. This is not a coal for warming themselves, or a fire to sit beside!
Commentaries on Isaiah 30:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14He shall not spare "And spareth it not" - Five MSS. add the conjunction ו vau to the negative; ולא velo .Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14And he shall break it as the breaking - That is, its breaking shall be like the breaking of a potter‘s vessel. The Septuagint reads it, And its fall ( ̀ ͂ to ptōma ) shall be like the breaking of an earthen vessel,‘ As the breaking of the potter‘s vessel - That is, as an earthen, fragile vessel, which is easily dashed to pieces. The image here is all drawn from the bursting forth, or the complete ruin of the swelling wall; but the sense is, that the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-18Verses 8-18 The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. They had the light, but they loved darkness rather. The prophets checked them in their sinful pursuits, so that they could not proceed without fear; this they took amiss. But faithful ministers will not be driven from seeking to awaken sinners. God is the Holy One of Israel, and so they shall find him. They did not like to hear of his holy…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-17Judgment would suddenly overtake the people of Judah because they were content with their fantasy world, and they refused God’s path to rest and quietness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. he--the enemy; or rather, God (Psa 2:9; Jr 19:11). It--the Jewish state. potter's vessel--earthen and fragile. sherd--a fragment of the vessel large enough to take up a live coal, &c. pit--cistern or pool. The swell of the wall is at first imperceptible and gradual, but at last it comes to the crisis; so the decay of the Jewish state.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Isaiah 30
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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