14 Whose collapse is like the smashing of a (A)potter’s jar,
[a]So ruthlessly shattered
That a sherd will not be found among its pieces
To [b]take fire from a hearth
Or to scoop water from a cistern.”

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  1. Isaiah 30:14 Lit Crushed, it will not be spared
  2. Isaiah 30:14 Lit snatch up

The Broken Jar

19 Thus says the Lord, “Go and buy a (A)potter’s earthenware (B)jar, and take some of the (C)elders of the people and some of the [a](D)senior priests.

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  1. Jeremiah 19:1 Or elders of

11 and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Just so will I (A)break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired; and they will (B)bury in Topheth [a]because there is no other place for burial.

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  1. Jeremiah 19:11 Or until there is no place left to bury