Isa 30:14 | NETfull | STEP | It shatters in pieces like a clay jar, so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough to scoop a hot coal from a fire or to skim off water from a cistern.”

Isaiah 30:14

14 It shatters in pieces like a clay jar,
so shattered to bits that none of it can be salvaged. ^{▼▼ Heb “Its shattering is like the shattering of a jug of [i.e., “made by”] potters, [so] shattered one cannot save [any of it].”}
Among its fragments one cannot find a shard large enough ^{▼▼ The words “large enough” are supplied in the translation for clarification.}
to scoop a hot coal from a fire ^{▼▼ Heb “to remove fire from the place of kindling.”}
or to skim off water from a cistern.” ^{▼▼ On the meaning of גֶבֶא (geveh, “cistern”) see HALOT 170 s.v.}