Isaiah 30:14

30:14 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 

[30:14]  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].”

[30:14]  ² tn The words “large enough” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[30:14]  ³ tn Heb “to remove fire from the place of kindling.”

[30:14]  ⁴ tn On the meaning of גֶבֶא (geveh, “cistern”) see HALOT 170 s.v.