Isaiah 30 · Verse 14

Isaiah 30:14

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.
Isaiah 30:14, King James Version

Isaiah 30:14 in other translations

BSBIt will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”
WEBHe will break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing, so that there won’t be found among the broken pieces a piece good enough to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.”
ASVAnd he shall break it as a potter’s vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.
YLTAnd He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters' bottle, Beaten down--He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.
DARBYAnd he shall break it as the breaking of a potter's vessel, that is broken in pieces unsparingly; and in the pieces of it there shall not be found a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water out of the cistern.
BBEAnd he will let it be broken as a potter's vessel is broken: it will be smashed to bits without mercy; so that there will not be a bit in which one may take fire from the fireplace, or water from the spring.
WebsterAnd he shall break it as the breaking of the potter's vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a piece to take fire from the hearth, or to take water out of the pit.

What does Isaiah 30:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
14. he--the enemy; or rather, God (Psa 2:9; Jr 19:11). It--the Jewish state. potter's vessel--earthen and fragile. sherd--a fragment of the vessel large enough to take up a live coal, &c. pit--cistern or pool. The swell of the wall is at first imperceptible and gradual, but at last it comes to the crisis; so the decay of the Jewish state.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 He shall not spare "And spareth it not" - Five MSS. add the conjunction ו vau to the negative; ולא velo.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Isaiah 30:8-18

The Jews were the only professing people God then had in the world, yet many among them were rebellious. They had the light, but they loved darkness rather. The prophets checked them in their sinful pursuits, so that they could not proceed without fear; this they took amiss. But faithful ministers will not be driven from seeking to awaken sinners. God is the Holy One of Israel, and so they shall find him. They did…

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Isaiah 30:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּ֠שְׁבָרָהּU.she.va.rahand someone will break itH7665
כְּשֵׁ֨בֶרke.She.verlike [the] breaking ofH7667
נֵ֧בֶלNe.vela jar ofH5035
יוֹצְרִ֛יםyotz.RimpottersH3335
כָּת֖וּתka.TutcrushedH3807
לֹ֣אlo'[which] notH3808
יַחְמֹ֑לyach.Molanyone will spareH2550
וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
יִמָּצֵ֤אyi.ma.Tze'it will be foundH4672
בִמְכִתָּתוֹ֙vim.khi.ta.Toamong fragment[s] itsH4386
חֶ֔רֶשׂChe.resa potsherdH2789
לַחְתּ֥וֹתlach.Totto snatch upH2846
אֵשׁ֙'eshfireH784
מִיָּק֔וּדmi.ya.Kudfrom a fireplaceH3344
וְלַחְשֹׂ֥ףve.lach.Sofand to scoopH2834
מַ֖יִםMa.yimwaterH4325
מִגֶּֽבֶא\׃\ \פmi.Ge.ve'from a cisternH1360

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Cross references for Isaiah 30:14

  • Psalms 2:9

    Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.

  • Jeremiah 19:10-11

    Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter’s vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury.

  • Revelation 2:27

    And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.

  • 2 Peter 2:4-5

    For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; And spared not the old world, but saved Noah the eighth person, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood upon the world of the ungodly;

  • Ezekiel 7:9

    And mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: I will recompense thee according to thy ways and thine abominations that are in the midst of thee; and ye shall know that I am the Lord that smiteth.

  • Ezekiel 24:14

    I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.

  • Jeremiah 48:38

    There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken Moab like a vessel wherein is no pleasure, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 13:14

    And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

  • Ezekiel 5:11

    Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

  • Ezekiel 7:4

    And mine eye shall not spare thee, neither will I have pity: but I will recompense thy ways upon thee, and thine abominations shall be in the midst of thee: and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Romans 11:21

    For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.

  • Job 27:22

    For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
he shall break.
Ps 2:9; Jer 19:10,11; Re 2:27
potters' vessel. Heb. bottle of potters. he shall not.
27:11; De 29:20; Job 27:22; Jer 13:14; Eze 5:11; 7:4,9; 8:18; 9:10
Eze 24:14; Ro 8:32; 11:21; 2Pe 2:4,5
so that.
47:14; Ps 31:12; Jer 48:38; Lu 4:2; Eze 15:3-8

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Context

  • Isaiah 30:13

    Therefore this iniquity shall be to you as a breach ready to fall, swelling out in a high wall, whose breaking cometh suddenly at an instant.

  • Isaiah 30:14

    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.

  • Isaiah 30:15

    For thus saith the Lord God, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.

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Isaiah 30:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y quebrarálo como se quiebra un vaso de alfarero, que sin misericordia lo hacen menuzos; tanto, que entre los pedazos no se halla tiesto para traer fuego del hogar, ó para coger agua de la poza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et il le brisera comme on brise un vase de potier, qu’on casse sans ménagement: et, dans ses fragments, il ne se trouvera pas un tesson pour prendre du feu au foyer ou pour puiser de l’eau à la citerne.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und er wird sie zerbrechen, wie man einen Töpferkrug zerbricht, der ohne Schonung zertrümmert wird, und von welchem, wenn er zertrümmert ist, nicht ein Scherben gefunden wird, um damit Feuer vom Herd zu holen oder Wasser aus einer Cisterne zu schöpfen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et comminuetur sicut conteritur lagena figuli contritione pervalida, et non invenietur de fragmentis ejus testa in qua portetur igniculus de incendio, aut hauriatur parum aquæ de fovea.