And he shall break it as the breaking of a potter's vessel, that is broken in pieces unsparingly; and in the pieces of it there shall not be found a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to scoop water out of the cistern. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 19:10

And thou shalt break the flagon in the sight of the men that go with thee, Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 48:12

Therefore behold, days come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him pourers that shall pour him off, and shall empty his vessels, and break in pieces his flagons. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Used for holding » Water

Genesis 21:14-15

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a flask of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder and the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. And the water was exhausted from the flask; and she cast the child under one of the shrubs,

Genesis 21:19

And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went and filled the flask with water, and gave the lad drink. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Used for holding » Wine

1 Samuel 1:24

And she took him up with her when she had weaned him, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a flask of wine, and brought him to the house of Jehovah to Shiloh; and the boy was young. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 16:20

And Jesse took an ass with bread, and a flask of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son to Saul. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Made of skins » Sometimes probably of large dimensions

2 Samuel 16:1

And when David was a little past the summit, behold, Ziba, Mephibosheth's servant, met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and a hundred cakes of summer fruits, and a flask of wine. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 25:18

And Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two skin-bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and a hundred raisin-cakes, and two hundred fig-cakes, and laid them on asses. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Made of skins » Marred by age and use

Joshua 9:13

And these flasks of wine which we filled new, behold, they are rent; and these our garments and our sandals are become old by reason of the very long journey. Verse Concepts

Joshua 9:14

And the men took of their victuals, but they did not inquire at the mouth of Jehovah. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Made of skins » When old, unfit for holding new wine

Matthew 9:17

Nor do men put new wine into old skins, otherwise the skins burst and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together. Verse Concepts

Mark 2:22

And no one puts new wine into old skins; otherwise the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine is to be put into new skins. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Illustrative » Of sinners ripe for judgment

Jeremiah 13:12-14

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? And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings that sit for David upon his throne, and the priests and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. And I will dash them one against another, both the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah; I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy so as not to destroy them.

Bottles » Ancients often drank from

Habakkuk 2:15

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbour drink, that pourest out thy flask, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! Verse Concepts

Bottles » Some, made of earthenware

Jeremiah 19:1

Thus saith Jehovah: Go and buy a potter's earthen flagon, and take of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests; Verse Concepts

Bottles » First mention of, in scripture

Genesis 21:14

Bottles » Made of skins » Shrivelled and dried by smoke

Psalm 119:83

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Illustrative » (dried up,) of the afflicted

Psalm 119:83

For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Used for holding » Milk

Judges 4:19

And he said to her, "Pray, give me a little water to drink; for I am thirsty." So she opened a skin of milk and gave him a drink and covered him. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Illustrative » Of God's remembrance

Psalm 56:8

Thou countest my wanderings; put my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? Verse Concepts

Bottles » Illustrative » (ready to burst,) of the impatient

Job 32:19

Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; like new flasks, it is ready to burst. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Illustrative » Of the clouds

Job 38:37

Who numbereth the clouds with wisdom? or who poureth out the bottles of the heavens, Verse Concepts

Symbols and similitudes » Bottles