Isaiah 30:14
12 Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit,
13 this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly— in an instant!
It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
15 For the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “By repentance and rest you would be saved; your strength would lie in quiet confidence— but you were not willing.”
16 “No,” you say, “we will flee on horses.” Therefore you will flee! “We will ride swift horses,” but your pursuers will be faster.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
- 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.
- WEB
- He will break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won’t be found among the broken pieces a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.”
- ASV
- And he shall break it as a potter`s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
- DARBY
- And he shall break it as the breaking of a potter's vessel, that is broken in pieces unsparingly; and in the pieces of it there shall not be found a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water out of the cistern.
- BLB
- And He will break it like the breaking of the vessel of a potter shattered with no pity; and there will not be found among its fragments a shard to scrape fire from the hearth or to draw water from the cistern.”
- ÅB
- den knuses slik som en knuser et pottemakerkar, som en slår i stykker uten skånsel, så det blant stykkene ikke finnes et skår til å hente ild med fra gruen eller øse vann med av brønnen.
- OTB
- Den skal brytes i stykker som keramikk, knust så hensynsløst at ikke en bit vil bli funnet blant dens stykker til å ta kull fra en ildsted eller å øse vann fra en brønn."
- B1930
- den knuses likesom en knuser et pottemakerkar, som en slår i stykker uten skånsel, så det blandt stykkene ikke finnes et skår til å hente ild med fra gruen eller øse vann med av brønnen.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 2:9
You will break them with an iron scepter; You will shatter them like pottery.”
Read in contextJeremiah 19:10–11
Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,
Read in contextRevelation 2:27
He will rule them with an iron scepter and shatter them like pottery —just as I have received authority from My Father.
Read in context2 Peter 2:4–5
For if God did not spare the angels when they sinned, but cast them deep into hell, placing them in chains of darkness to be held for judgment;
Read in contextEzekiel 7:9
I will not look on you with pity, nor will I spare you, but I will punish you for your ways and for the abominations among you. Then you will know that it is I, the LORD, who strikes the blow.
Read in contextEzekiel 24:14
I, the LORD, have spoken; the time is coming, and I will act. I will not refrain or show pity, nor will I relent. I will judge you according to your ways and deeds,’ declares the Lord GOD.”
Read in contextJeremiah 48:38
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
Read in contextJeremiah 13:14
I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
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