Discovery BoxIsaiah 6:6-7 
Context6:6 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
Context30:14 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
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.
