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Jars are made to be filled with wine!’ <a href="/esv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> “You shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, “Every jar shall be filled with wine.”’ And they will say to you, ‘Do we not indeed know that every jar will be filled with wine?’ <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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?’ <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a> “Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘Thus says the LORD God of Israel: “Every bottle shall be filled with wine.” ’ “And they will say to you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every bottle will be filled with wine?’ <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Therefore you are to speak this word to them. ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: “Every jug is to be filled with wine.”’ And when they say to you, ‘Do we not very well know that every jug is to be filled with wine?’ <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Therefore you are to speak this word to them, &#8216Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, &#8220Every jug is to be filled with wine."&#8217 And when they say to you, &#8216Do we not very well know that every jug is to be filled with wine?&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Therefore you are to speak this word to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, “Every jug is to be filled with wine.”’ And when they say to you, ‘Do we not very well know that every jug is to be filled with wine?’ <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Therefore you are to say this word to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, “Every jug is to be filled with wine.”’ And they will say to you, ‘Do we not very well know that every jug is to be filled with wine?’ <a href="/amp/jeremiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Therefore you are to speak this word to them, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, “Every jar should be filled with wine.”’ The people will say to you, ‘Do we not already know that every jar should be filled with wine?’ <a href="/csb/jeremiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Say this to them: ‘This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Every jar should be filled with wine.’ Then they will respond to you, ‘Don’t we know that every jar should be filled with wine? ’ <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> &#8220Say this to them: This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: Every jar should be filled with wine. Then they will respond to you, &#8216Don&#8217t we know that every jar should be filled with wine? <a href="/asv/jeremiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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? <a href="/cev/jeremiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Jeremiah, tell the people of Judah, "The LORD God of Israel orders you to fill your wine jars with wine." They will answer, "Of course we fill our wine jars with wine! Why are you telling us something we already know?" <a href="/erv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> "Give this message to them, 'This is what the LORD God of Israel says: Every bottle will be filled with wine.' Then they will say to you, 'We know that every bottle will be filled with wine.' <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> The LORD God said to me, "Jeremiah, tell the people of Israel that every wine jar should be filled with wine. They will answer that they know every wine jar should be filled with wine. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> "This is what you're to tell them: 'This is what the LORD God of Israel says: "Every wineskin is to be filled with wine."' When they say to you, 'Don't we know very well that every wineskin is to be filled with wine?', <a href="/msb/jeremiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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?? <a href="/net/jeremiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a> "So tell them, 'The LORD, the God of Israel, says, "Every wine jar is made to be filled with wine."' And they will probably say to you, 'Do you not think we know that every wine jar is supposed to be filled with wine?' <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Therefore you shall speak to them this word: 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, "Every jar shall be filled with wine."' And if they shall say to you, 'Do we not certainly know that every jar shall be filled with wine?' <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Therefore thou shalt speak to them this word; Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say to thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? <a href="/web/jeremiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a> “Therefore you shall speak to them this word: ‘Yahweh, 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?’ <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you have said this word to them, "" Thus said YHWH, God of Israel: Every bottle is full of wine, "" And they have said to you: Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine? <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And thou hast said unto them this word, Thus said Jehovah, God of Israel, 'Every bottle is full of wine,' And they have said unto thee: 'Do we not certainly know that every bottle is full of wine?' <a href="/slt/jeremiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And say to them this word: Thus said Jehovah God of Israel, Every flask shall be filled with wine: and they said to thee, Knowing, shall it not be known that every flask shall be filled with wine?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thou shalt speak therefore to them this word: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Every bottle shall be filled with wine, and they shall say to thee: Do we not know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Therefore, you shall speak to them this word: Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: ‘Every bottle will be filled with wine.’ And they will say to you: ‘Are we ignorant that every bottle will be filled with wine?’ <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a> Now speak to them this word: Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Every wineflask should be filled with wine. If they reply, “Do we not know that every wineflask should be filled with wine?” <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> You shall speak to them this word: Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Every wine-jar should be filled with wine. And they will say to you, “Do you think we do not know that every wine-jar should be filled with wine?”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore you shall speak to them this word: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, Every wineskin shall be filled with wine; and they shall say to you, Do we not know that every wineskin shall be filled with wine? <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And he spoke to them this word: “Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, God of Israel: ‘Every wine skin will be filled with wine.’ Behold, they say to you: ‘Do we not know that all wine skins are filled with wine?’<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Moreover thou shalt speak unto them this word: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Every bottle is filled with wine'; and when they shall say unto thee: 'Do we not know that every bottle is filled with wine?' <a href="/sep/jeremiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And thou shalt say to this people, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and it shall come to pass, if they shall say to thee, Shall we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine? that thou shalt say to them, <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=3961" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">The Wineskins</a> 12<a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">Therefore you are to tell</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zɛ·hs (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ă·lê·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- To, into, towards. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: had·dā·ḇār (Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh- (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">this is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê (N-mpc) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">the God</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">‘Every</a> <a href="/hebrew/5035.htm" title="5035: nê·ḇel (N-ms) -- A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre. Or nebel; from nabel; a skin-bag for liquids; hence, a vase; also a lyre.">wineskin</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: yim·mā·lê (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">shall be filled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: yā·yin (N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">with wine.’</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: wə·’ā·mə·rū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">And when they reply,</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">‘Don’t we</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: hă·yā·ḏō·a‘ (V-Qal-InfAbs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">surely</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: nê·ḏa‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵāl (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">every</a> <a href="/hebrew/5035.htm" title="5035: nê·ḇel (N-ms) -- A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre. Or nebel; from nabel; a skin-bag for liquids; hence, a vase; also a lyre.">wineskin</a> <a href="/hebrew/4390.htm" title="4390: yim·mā·lê (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To be full, to fill. Or malae; a primitive root, to fill or be full of, in a wide application.">should be filled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3196.htm" title="3196: yā·yin (N-ms) -- Wine. From an unused root meaning to effervesce; wine; by implication, intoxication.">with wine?’</a> 13then 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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a> Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs—the cup that makes men stagger. <a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm">Isaiah 29:9-10</a> Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink. / For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers. <a href="/habakkuk/2-15.htm">Habakkuk 2:15-16</a> Woe to him who gives drink to his neighbors, pouring it from the wineskin until they are drunk, in order to gaze at their nakedness! / You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory. <a href="/lamentations/4-21.htm">Lamentations 4:21</a> So rejoice and be glad, O Daughter of Edom, you who dwell in the land of Uz. Yet the cup will pass to you as well; you will get drunk and expose yourself. <a href="/ezekiel/23-32.htm">Ezekiel 23:32-34</a> This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘You will drink your sister’s cup, a cup deep and wide. It will bring scorn and derision, for it holds so much. / You will be filled with drunkenness and grief, with a cup of devastation and desolation, the cup of your sister Samaria. / You will drink it and drain it; you will dash it to pieces, and tear your breasts. For I have spoken,’ declares the Lord GOD. <a href="/psalms/75-8.htm">Psalm 75:8</a> For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs. <a href="/isaiah/28-7.htm">Isaiah 28:7-8</a> These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments. / For all their tables are covered with vomit; there is not a place without filth. <a href="/revelation/14-8.htm">Revelation 14:8</a> Then a second angel followed, saying, “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great, who has made all the nations drink the wine of the passion of her immorality.” <a href="/revelation/18-3.htm">Revelation 18:3</a> All the nations have drunk the wine of the passion of her immorality. The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and the merchants of the earth have grown wealthy from the extravagance of her luxury.” <a href="/revelation/17-2.htm">Revelation 17:2</a> The kings of the earth were immoral with her, and those who dwell on the earth were intoxicated with the wine of her immorality.” <a href="/matthew/23-32.htm">Matthew 23:32-33</a> Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers. / You snakes! You brood of vipers! How will you escape the sentence of hell? <a href="/luke/21-34.htm">Luke 21:34</a> But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare. <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-7.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:7</a> For those who sleep, sleep at night, and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. <a href="/ephesians/5-18.htm">Ephesians 5:18</a> Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit. <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">1 Peter 4:3</a> For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore you shall speak to them this word; Thus said the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say to you, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?and they shall.<a href="/ezekiel/24-19.htm">Ezekiel 24:19</a> And the people said unto me, Wilt thou not tell us what these things are to us, that thou doest so?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/119-83.htm">Bottle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Jar</a> <a href="/1_kings/17-16.htm">Jug</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-11.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-8.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Bottle</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Filled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-13.htm">Indeed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm">Jar</a> <a href="/1_samuel/1-24.htm">Jug</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-8.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-9.htm">Wine</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 13</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates, </a> 9. <a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">God prefigures the destruction of his people.</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery.</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">He exhorts to prevent their future judgments.</a> 22. <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">He shows their abominations are the cause thereof.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: This phrase establishes the authority of the message. The LORD, the covenant name of God, emphasizes His relationship with Israel. The phrase "the God of Israel" underscores His unique covenant with the nation, reminding them of their identity and obligations. This introduction is typical of prophetic declarations, asserting divine origin and authority, similar to other prophetic books like Isaiah and Ezekiel.‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ This statement uses a common cultural image. In ancient times, wineskins were made from animal hides and used to store wine. The filling of wineskins with wine is a natural expectation, symbolizing abundance and prosperity. However, in the context of Jeremiah, it is a metaphor for judgment. The wineskins represent the people of Judah, and the wine symbolizes the wrath of God that will fill them. This imagery is consistent with other prophetic literature, such as <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm">Isaiah 51:17</a>, where the cup of God's wrath is a metaphor for judgment.And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’ The people's response indicates their familiarity with the metaphor but also their misunderstanding of its significance. They acknowledge the obvious truth of the statement but fail to grasp its deeper meaning. This reflects the spiritual blindness and complacency of Judah, a recurring theme in Jeremiah. Their response is reminiscent of the scoffing attitude found in other parts of Scripture, such as in <a href="/2_peter/3-4.htm">2 Peter 3:4</a>, where people question the coming judgment. The rhetorical question highlights their ignorance and sets the stage for the unfolding of God's message of impending judgment.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by symbolic actions and prophecies. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who communicates His will and judgment through His prophets. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a> The primary audience of Jeremiah's prophecies, often characterized by their disobedience and idolatry. 4. <a href="/topical/w/wineskins.htm">Wineskins</a> Containers used in ancient times to store wine. In this context, they symbolize the people of Judah and the impending judgment. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_god_of_israel.htm">The God of Israel</a> Emphasizes the covenant relationship between God and His chosen people, Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_wineskins.htm">Symbolism of Wineskins</a> The wineskins represent the people of Judah, and the wine symbolizes the judgment and consequences of their actions. Just as wineskins are meant to be filled, the people will experience the fullness of God's judgment due to their disobedience. <a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_warnings.htm">Understanding God's Warnings</a> The people's response, "Don’t we know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?" indicates a superficial understanding of God's message. It serves as a reminder to seek deeper spiritual insight rather than relying on surface-level interpretations. <a href="/topical/t/the_certainty_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Certainty of God's Judgment</a> The statement "Every wineskin will be filled with wine" underscores the inevitability of God's judgment. It calls believers to take God's warnings seriously and to live in obedience. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> The passage serves as a call to repentance, urging the people to turn back to God before the fullness of judgment is realized. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a> The reference to "the God of Israel" highlights the importance of maintaining a faithful covenant relationship with God, which is central to receiving His blessings rather than His judgment.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 13</a> <a href="/q/why_use_wine_jars_if_god_knows_all.htm">(Jeremiah 13:12–14) Why would an all-knowing God need a metaphor of wine jars to illustrate judgment if He already understands human nature? </a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_god's_promise_with_israel's_exiles.htm">How do we reconcile God's promise never to forsake Israel (Deut. 31:6) with the nation's repeated historical exiles and oppressions?</a> <a href="/q/why_promise_restoration_if_judgment_remains.htm">Why does Solomon's prayer in 1 Kings 8:33-34 promise national restoration to Israel if they repent, when other biblical passages suggest God's judgment can remain despite repentance?</a> <a href="/q/how_can_judah_israel_bless_amid_strife.htm">Zechariah 8:13: How could the house of Judah and Israel become blessings to other nations in light of ongoing regional strife?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(12) Every bottle shall be filled with wine.--Another parable follows on that of the girdle. The germ is found in the phrase "drunken, but not with wine" (<a href="/isaiah/29-9.htm" title="Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry you out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.">Isaiah 29:9</a>), and the thought rising out of that germ that the effect of the wrath of Jehovah is to cause an impotence and confusion like that of drunkenness (<a href="/psalms/60-3.htm" title="You have showed your people hard things: you have made us to drink the wine of astonishment.">Psalm 60:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/51-17.htm" title="Awake, awake, stand up, O Jerusalem, which have drunk at the hand of the LORD the cup of his fury; you have drunken the dregs of the cup of trembling, and wrung them out.">Isaiah 51:17</a>). The "bottle" in this case is not the "skin" commonly used for that purpose, but the earthen jar or flagon, the "potter's vessel" of <a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm" title="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 shard to take fire from the hearth, or to take water with out of the pit.">Isaiah 30:14</a>, the "pitcher" of <a href="/lamentations/4-2.htm" title="The precious sons of Zion, comparable to fine gold, how are they esteemed as earthen pitchers, the work of the hands of the potter!">Lamentations 4:2</a>. So taken we find an anticipation of the imagery of <a href="/jeremiah/19-1.htm" title="Thus said the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;">Jeremiah 19:1</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/19-10.htm" title="Then shall you break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with you,">Jeremiah 19:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm" title="For thus said the LORD God of Israel to me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send you, to drink it.">Jeremiah 25:15</a>. The prophet is bidden to go and proclaim to the people a dark saying, which in its literal sense would seem to them the idlest of all truisms. They would not understand that the "wine" of which he spoke was the wrath of Jehovah, and therefore they would simply repeat his words half in astonishment, half in mockery, "Do we not know this? What need to hear it from a prophet's lips?" . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 12-14. - Here another symbol is introduced - a symbolic phrase rather than a symbolic action. The first symbol referred to the people as a whole; the second represents the fate of the individual members of the people. The words, Thus saith the lord God of Israel, are omitted in the Septuagint, and certainly the form of the following phrase seems hardly worthy of so solemn an introduction. Every bottle. It is an earthenware bottle, or pitcher, which seems from Ver. 13 to be meant (comp. <a href="/isaiah/30-14.htm">Isaiah 30:14</a>), though the Septuagint renders here ἀσκός. The kings that sit upon David's throne; rather, that sit for David upon his throne; i.e. as David's heirs and successors. The plural "kings" is to include all the kings who reigned during the final period of impending ruin. With drunkenness. The effect of the "wine-cup of [the Divine] fury" (<a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15</a>). Dash them one against another. This is merely the development of the figure of the pitchers; not a prediction of civil war. The pitchers, when cast down, must of course fall together into pieces. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Therefore you are to tell וְאָמַרְתָּ֨ (wə·’ā·mar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say them that אֲלֵיהֶ֜ם (’ă·lê·hem) Preposition | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to this is what כֹּֽה־ (kōh-) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> Like this, thus, here, now the LORD, יְהוָה֙ (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel the God אֱלֹהֵ֣י (’ĕ·lō·hê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative of Israel, יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc says: אָמַ֤ר (’ā·mar) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘Every כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every wineskin נֵ֖בֶל (nê·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5035.htm">Strong's 5035: </a> A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre shall be filled יִמָּ֣לֵא (yim·mā·lê) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> To fill, be full of with wine.’ יָ֑יִן (yā·yin) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> Wine, intoxication And when they reply, וְאָמְר֣וּ (wə·’ā·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘Don’t we לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no surely הֲיָדֹ֙עַ֙ (hă·yā·ḏō·a‘) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know know נֵדַ֔ע (nê·ḏa‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that כִּ֥י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction every כָל־ (ḵāl) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every wineskin נֵ֖בֶל (nê·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5035.htm">Strong's 5035: </a> A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre should be filled יִמָּ֥לֵא (yim·mā·lê) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4390.htm">Strong's 4390: </a> To fill, be full of with wine?’ יָֽיִן׃ (yā·yin) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3196.htm">Strong's 3196: </a> Wine, intoxication <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/13-12.htm">Jeremiah 13:12 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 13:12 Therefore you shall speak to them this (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:11"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:11" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/13-13.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:13"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:13" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>