Isaiah 24:12

24:12 The city is left in ruins; ¹ 

the gate is reduced to rubble. ² 

Isaiah 30:14

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

so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. ³ 

Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough ⁴ 

to scoop a hot coal from a fire ⁵ 

or to skim off water from a cistern.” ⁶ 

Isaiah 2:4

2:4 He will judge disputes between nations;

he will settle cases for many peoples.

They will beat their swords into plowshares, ⁷ 

and their spears into pruning hooks. ⁸ 

Nations will not take up the sword against other nations,

and they will no longer train for war.

[24:12]  ¹ tn Heb “and there is left in the city desolation.”

[24:12]  ² tn Heb “and [into] rubble the gate is crushed.”

[30:14]  ³ 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].”

[30:14]  ⁴ tn The words “large enough” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[30:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “to remove fire from the place of kindling.”

[30:14]  ⁶ tn On the meaning of גֶבֶא (geveh, “cistern”) see HALOT 170 s.v.

[2:4]  ⁵ sn Instead of referring to the large plow as a whole, the plowshare is simply the metal tip which actually breaks the earth and cuts the furrow.

[2:4]  ⁶ sn This implement was used to prune the vines, i.e., to cut off extra leaves and young shoots (H. Wildberger, Isaiah, 1:93; M. Klingbeil, NIDOTTE 1:1117-18). It was a short knife with a curved hook at the end sharpened on the inside like a sickle. Breaking weapons and fashioning agricultural implements indicates a transition from fear and stress to peace and security.