Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
he—the enemy; or rather, God (Psalms 2:9; Jeremiah 19:11).
It—the Jewish state.
potter's vessel—earthen and fragile.
sherd—a fragment of the vessel large enough to take up a live coal, etc.
pit—cistern or pool. The swell of the wall is at first imperceptible and gradual, but at last it comes to the crisis; so the decay of the Jewish state.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 30:14:
Isaiah 30:18
Isaiah 47:14
Jeremiah 19:11
Lamentations 4:2
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