And he shall break it as a potter's vessel is broken, breaking it in pieces without sparing; so that there shall not be found among the pieces thereof a sherd wherewith to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern. Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 19:10

Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, Verse Concepts

Jeremiah 48:12

Therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will send unto him them that pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Used for holding » Water

Genesis 21:14-15

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and gave her the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. And the water in the bottle was spent, 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 bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Used for holding » Wine

1 Samuel 1:24

And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of meal, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of Jehovah in Shiloh: and the child was young. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 16:20

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

Bottles » Made of skins » Sometimes probably of large dimensions

2 Samuel 16:1

And when David was a little past the top of the ascent , behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and a hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. Verse Concepts

1 Samuel 25:18

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched grain, and a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Made of skins » Marred by age and use

Joshua 9:13

and these wine-skins, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they are rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. Verse Concepts

Joshua 9:14

And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of Jehovah. Verse Concepts

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

Matthew 9:17

Neither do men put new wine into old wine-skins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins, and both are preserved. Verse Concepts

Mark 2:22

And no man putteth new wine into old wineskins; else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perisheth, and the skins: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Illustrative » Of sinners ripe for judgment

Jeremiah 13:12-14

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? Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith Jehovah: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have compassion, that I should not destroy them.

Bottles » Ancients often drank from

Habakkuk 2:15

Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, to thee that addest thy venom, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! Verse Concepts

Bottles » Some, made of earthenware

Jeremiah 19:1

Thus said Jehovah, Go, and buy a potter's earthen bottle, 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 wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes. Verse Concepts

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

Psalm 119:83

For I am become like a wine-skin in the smoke; Yet do I not forget thy statutes. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Used for holding » Milk

Judges 4:19

And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty. And she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him drink, and covered him. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Illustrative » Of God's remembrance

Psalm 56:8

Thou numberest my wanderings: Put thou 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 breast is as wine which hath no vent; Like new wine-skins it is ready to burst. Verse Concepts

Bottles » Illustrative » Of the clouds

Job 38:37

Who can number the clouds by wisdom? Or who can pour out the bottles of heaven, Verse Concepts

Symbols and similitudes » Bottles