Isaiah 30:14

30:14 It shatters in pieces like a clay jar,

so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. ¹ 

Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough ² 

to scoop a hot coal from a fire ³ 

or to skim off water from a cistern.” ⁴ 

Isaiah 36:16

36:16 Don’t listen to Hezekiah!’ For this is what the king of Assyria says, ‘Send me a token of your submission and surrender to me. ⁵  Then each of you may eat from his own vine and fig tree and drink water from his own cistern,

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¹ tn Heb “Its shattering is like the shattering of a jug of [i.e., “made by”] potters, [so] shattered one cannot save [any of it].”

² tn The words “large enough” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

³ tn Heb “to remove fire from the place of kindling.”

⁴ tn On the meaning of גֶבֶא (geveh, “cistern”) see HALOT 170 s.v.

⁵ tn Heb “make with me a blessing and come out to me.”