And 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.
And he shall break it.
He - the enemy; or rather, God (Psalms 2:9; Jeremiah 19:11).
It - the Jewish state.
As the breaking of a potter's vessel - earthen and fragile.
Sherd (a fragment of the vessel large enough) to take fire (a live coal) from the hearth, or to take water
... out of the 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.