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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Isaiah 30:14

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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he--the enemy; or rather, God (Psa 2:9; Jer 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, &c. 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.
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