Thematic Bible
Thematic Bible
Bottle » Made of animal skins
then they also acted with craft, and they went prepared as on a journey, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine-flasks, old and rent and tied up;
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.
Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; like new flasks, it is ready to burst.
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.
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.
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.
And no one puts new wine into old skins, otherwise the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be poured out, and the skins will be destroyed; but new wine is to be put into new skins, and both are preserved.
Bottles » Made of skins » Shrivelled and dried by smoke
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.
Bottles » Illustrative » (dried up,) of the afflicted
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; I do not forget thy statutes.