Jeremiah 13:12
10 These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
11 For just as a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I have made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the LORD, so that they might be My people for My renown and praise and glory. But they did not listen.
Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
13 then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am going to fill with drunkenness all who live in this land—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the people of Jerusalem.
14 I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’
- KJV
- Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
- WEB
- “Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘The LORD, the God of Israel says, “Every container should be filled with wine.”’ They will tell you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every container should be filled with wine?’
- ASV
- Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?
- DARBY
- And thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Every skin shall be filled with wine. And they will say unto thee, Do we not very well know that every skin shall be filled with wine?
- BLB
- And you shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says YHWH the God of Israel: Every bottle shall be filled with wine.’ And they will say to you ‘Do we not already know this, that every bottle will be filled with wine?
- ÅB
- Og du skal si til dem dette ord: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Hver vinkrukke blir fylt med vin. Og de skal si til deg: Vet vi da ikke at hver vinkrukke blir fylt med vin?
- OTB
- "Derfor, tal dette ordet til dem: 'Dette er hva Herren, Israels Gud, sier: Hver beholder skal fylles med vin.' Og hvis de svarer, 'Vet vi ikke at hver beholder skal fylles med vin?'
- B1930
- Og du skal si til dem dette ord: Så sier Herren, Israels Gud: Hver vinkrukke blir fylt med vin. Og de skal si til dig: Vet vi da ikke at hver vinkrukke blir fylt med vin?
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Ezekiel 24:19
Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”
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