Isaiah 6:6-7

6:6 But then one of the seraphs flew toward me. In his hand was a hot coal he had taken from the altar with tongs. 6:7 He touched my mouth with it and said, “Look, this coal has touched your lips. Your evil is removed; your sin is forgiven.” ¹ 

Isaiah 30:14

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

so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. ² 

Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough ³ 

to scoop a hot coal from a fire ⁴ 

or to skim off water from a cistern.” ⁵ 

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¹ tn Or “ritually cleansed,” or “atoned for” (NIV).

² 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].”

³ tn The words “large enough” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

⁴ tn Heb “to remove fire from the place of kindling.”

⁵ tn On the meaning of גֶבֶא (geveh, “cistern”) see HALOT 170 s.v.