Isaiah
30:14
14 And he shall break [shabar] it as the breaking [sheber]
of the potters [yatsar]' vessel [nebel] that is broken in pieces [kathath]; he shall not spare [chamal]:
so that there shall not be found [matsa'] in
the bursting [m@kittah] of it a sherd [cheres] to take [chathah] fire ['esh] from the hearth [yaqad], or
to take [chasaph] water [mayim] withal out of the pit [gebe].KJV-Interlinear
14 and its breaking is like that of a
potter’s vessel that is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a
shard is found with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out
of the cistern.” ESV
Isaiah continues
describing the destruction of Judah. They will eventually be overrun and
destroyed by the nation of Assyria, but that destruction will continue through
the Babylonian invasion, followed by the Persian invasion, followed by the
Greek invasion, followed by the Roman occupation.
And then in 70 A.D.,
when the Romans finally obliterated the temple in Jerusalem and all of Judah,
the nation finally ceased to exist.
Isaiah was
referring to the imminent destruction coming from Assyria, because the
Israelites had been and were negative toward God and the Scriptures for a long
time. And so the warning comes, that when you ignore God, who is truth, then
you ignore truth, and when you ignore truth, your own destruction is
inevitable.
And not only will
they be destroyed as a nation, but the destruction will be thorough.
Isaiah describes
the residue of the nation as that of pottery that has been thrown down and
broken apart, and smashed, such that there will not be even a piece of pottery
left that is large enough to carry a piece of coal from a fire, or to carry
water from a well.
This principle
applies to the nation of Judah, back in Isaiah’s day, and it also applies to
every individual who has ever lived in history.
Rejection or
indifference toward the word of God in ones life, will produce nothing but misery
and suffering and loss.
And that misery,
suffering, and loss do not have to apply during ones life, but certainly will apply
at the end of ones life.
These
studies are a part of the massive daily study web site at DailyBibeStudy.Org,
and are written, so that you can come to Christ if you have not done so
already, and therefore not be lost forever.
And
if you have already believed in Christ, then these studies are written so you
can learn and understand and grow in your spiritual life, so that you can come
to the full knowledge of Christ, so that you can fulfill your meaning and
purpose in life as God intended for you, and so you can qualify for a
phenomenal eternal reward which you will have forever.
To
ignore this opportunity to pursue a daily study means you will be incomplete,
unfulfilled and you will lose out, big time.
The
Daily Bible Study is online, making it possible as never before in all of human
history, to advance in ones relationship with God, through Christ, and to
complete yourself beyond your imagination.
But
you have to decide to make that commitment.
No one else can study for you.
You have to do that yourself.
