14And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: 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.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron; thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, …
And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.
For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment; …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-17)Here, I. The preface is very awful. The prophet must not only preach this, but he must write it (Isa. 30:8), write it in a table , to be hung up and exposed to public view; he must carefully note it , not in loose papers which might be lost or torn, but in a book , to be preserved for posterity, in perpetuam rei memoriam—for a standing testimony against this wicked generation; let it remain not on…
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