Isaías 30:14

14 Su iniquidad quedará hecha pedazos,hecha añicos sin piedad, como vasija de barro:ni uno solo de sus pedazos servirápara sacar brasas del fuegoni agua de una cisterna».

Isaías 30:14 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 30:14

And he shall break it as the breaking of the potter's
vessel
That is, their confidence in an arm of flesh, and they that place it there; and this either God shall do, or the enemy, and God by him; or rather it may he rendered impersonally, "it shall be broken"; and may refer to the wall to which the ruin of this people is compared, that that when it falls shall be broke to pieces, as a potter's vessel is when it falls upon a pavement, or is dashed against anything, or, struck with a rod of iron: that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare;
or that is broken in pieces without mercy, as the Targum; no pity shall be shown by the enemy, nor mercy from the Lord: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to
take fire from the hearth, or to take water [withal] out of the
pit;
as poor people are wont to do, to take fire from the hearth, and water out of a well, in a piece of a broken pitcher ^F14; but this vessel should be broke into so many shivers, that there should not be such a piece left of it as could be made use of for such purposes. This denotes the utter and irreparable ruin and destruction of these people, which, though it was not at this time, yet afterwards by the Babylonians, and especially by the Romans.

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 Vid. Misn. Sabbat, c. 8. sect. 7.

Isaías 30:14 In-Context

12 Así dice el Santo de Israel:«Ustedes han rechazado esta palabra;han confiado en la opresión y en la perversidad,y se han apoyado en ellas.

13 Por eso su iniquidad se alzará frente a ustedescomo un muro alto y agrietado,a punto de derrumbarse:¡de repente, en un instante, se desplomará!

14 Su iniquidad quedará hecha pedazos,hecha añicos sin piedad, como vasija de barro:ni uno solo de sus pedazos servirápara sacar brasas del fuegoni agua de una cisterna».

15 Porque así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente, el Santo de Israel:«En el arrepentimiento y la calma está su salvación,en la serenidad y la confianza está su fuerza,¡pero ustedes no lo quieren reconocer!

16 Se resisten y dicen: “Huiremos a caballo”.¡Por eso, así tendrán que huir!Dicen: “Cabalgaremos sobre caballos veloces”.¡Por eso, veloces serán sus perseguidores!