Isaiah 30:14
Context30:14 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
Context51:3 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
Context65:8 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….”