Isaiah 30:14

He will break it as a potter's vessel is broken; he will not spare it, 1 so that there will not be found among its pieces a shard 1 with which to scrape fire from the hearth, or to scoop up water out of the cistern. 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

13so this sin will be to you 1 like a broken part ready to fall, like a bulge in a high wall 1 whose fall will happen suddenly, in an instant.” 1

15For this is what the Lord Yahweh, the Holy One of Israel says, 1 “In returning and resting you will be saved; in quietness and in trust will be your strength. 1 But you were not willing. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:20Yahweh will not pardon him, but instead, the anger of Yahweh and his jealousy will smolder against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book will come on him, and Yahweh will blot out his name from under heaven.

Psalms 2:9You will break them with an iron rod; 1 like a jar of a potter, you will smash them to pieces.” 1

Isaiah 27:11When the boughs are withered, they will be broken off. Women will come and make fires with them, 1 for this is not a people of understanding. 1 Therefore their Maker will not have compassion on them, and he who made them will not be merciful to them. 1

Jeremiah 13:14Then I will smash each man against the other, fathers and children together—this is Yahweh's declaration—I will not pity them or have compassion, and I will not spare them from destruction.'” 1

Jeremiah 19:11You will say to them, 'Yahweh of hosts says this: I will do this same thing to this people and this city—this is Yahweh's declaration—just as Jeremiah shattered the clay flask so that it could not be repaired again. People will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no place left for any more dead.

Ezekiel 5:11Therefore, as I live—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration—it is certainly because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your hateful things and with all your disgusting deeds, that I myself will reduce you in number; my eye will not have pity on you, and I will not spare you.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 30:9-18

Doom of Incorrigible Sinners. ( b. c. 720.) 8 Now go, write it before them in a table, and note it in a book, that it may be for the time to come for ever and ever: 9 That this is a rebellious people, lying children, children that will not hear the law of the Lord : 10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits: 11 Get you out of the way, turn aside out of the path, cause the Holy One of Israel to cease from before us. 12… Read the whole commentary →

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