Isaiah 30:14 (YLT)

Passage

And He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters' bottle, Beaten down--He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.

Nearby Context

Isaiah 30:12 Therefore, thus said the Holy One of Israel, Because of your kicking against this word, And ye trust in oppression, And perverseness, and rely on it,

Isaiah 30:13 Therefore is this iniquity to you as a breach falling, Swelled out in a wall set on high, Whose destruction suddenly, at an instant cometh.

Isaiah 30:14 And He hath broken it As the breaking of the potters' bottle, Beaten down--He doth not spare, Nor is there found, in its beating down, A potsherd to take fire from the burning, And to draw out waters from a ditch.

Isaiah 30:15 For thus said the Lord Jehovah, The Holy One of Israel: `In returning and rest ye are saved, In keeping quiet and in confidence is your might, And ye have not been willing.

Isaiah 30:16 And ye say, No, for on a horse we flee? Therefore ye flee, And on the swift we ride! Therefore swift are your pursuers.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "hath", "broken", "breaking", "potters'", "bottle", "beaten", "down--he", and "doth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "hath" and "broken", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "Therefore is this iniquity to you as..." into verse 15's "For thus said the Lord Jehovah The...", so "hath" and "broken" belong inside that flow. In Isaiah context, the local focus is the Holy One of Israel, judgment and restoration, the servant of the LORD, and Zion's hope.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "hath" and "broken" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.