Isaiah 30:14

“And he will break it as one breaks a potters’ jar, crushed without sparing, and there will not be found among its fragments a shard to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water from the pool.””

Isaiah 30:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Isaiah 30:14, word by word

And he will break itשְׁבָרָshevara

break

To break something to pieces.

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as one breaksשֵׁבֶרshever

fracture

When a bone or a pot gives way.

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a potters’יוֹצְרִיםyotsrim

potter

The one who works clay and shapes it into pots with his hands.

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jarנֵבֶלnevel

skin bottle

A vessel of leather or clay in which wine was kept.

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crushedכָּתוּתkatut

crush

To beat something to pieces.

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without sparingיַחְמֹלyachmol

have pity, spare

Feel pity, want to save someone; spare.

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be foundיִמָּצֵאyimatse

find

To come upon what one seeks, or something not expected.

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among its fragmentsמְכִתָּתmechitat

fragment

A fragment, a broken piece.

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a shardחֶרֶשׂcheres

earthenware

Baked clay, earthenware; a piece of pottery.

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to takeחְתּוֹתchetot

seize; take up (coals)

To take hold of, to seize; said above all of taking up coals from the fire.

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fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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from the hearthיָּקוּדyakud

hearth

The hearth where a fire burns for cooking or warmth.

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or to scoopחְשֹׂףchesof

scoop

To draw out with a vessel what is in a winepress or a pit.

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waterמַיִםmayim

water

Water: for drinking, of rivers or seas.

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from the poolגֶּבֶאgeve

pool, marsh

A pool, a place where water gathers; a marsh.

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The context

13therefore this iniquity will be to you like a breach about to fall, bulging out in a high wall, whose breaking comes suddenly, in an instant.

14 · This verse (above)

15For thus says Adonai YHWH, the Holy One of Israel: “In returning and rest you will be saved; in quietness and in trust will be your might.” But you were not willing,

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