Discovery BoxIsaiah 30:14 
Context30:14 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
Context36:16 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,
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.”
