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 

Isaiah 51:3

51:3 Certainly the Lord will console Zion;

he will console all her ruins.

He will make her wilderness like Eden,

her desert like the Garden of the Lord.

Happiness and joy will be restored to ⁵  her,

thanksgiving and the sound of music.

Isaiah 65:8

65:8 This is what the Lord says:

“When ⁶  juice is discovered in a cluster of grapes,

someone says, ‘Don’t destroy it, for it contains juice.’ ⁷ 

So I will do for the sake of my servants –

I will not destroy everyone. ⁸ 

[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.

[51:3]  ⁵ tn Heb “found in” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).

[65:8]  ⁹ tn Heb “just as.” In the Hebrew text the statement is one long sentence, “Just as…, so I will do….”

[65:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “for a blessing is in it.”

[65:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “by not destroying everyone.”