“Then you shall break the bottle in the sight of the men who go with you,
Parallel translations
- KJV Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
- BSB Then you are to shatter the jar in the presence of the men who accompany you,
- NKJV “Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you,
- NASB “Then you are to break the jar in the sight of the men who accompany you,
- NLT “As these men watch you, Jeremiah, smash the jar you brought.
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Quick answer
Jeremiah is commanded to smash the flask before the witnesses. The shattering enacts the coming destruction.
Overview
At the climax of the sign-act, the prophet breaks the earthen bottle in full view of the elders and priests. The dramatic gesture makes the message unmistakable and irreversible. Such enacted prophecy embodied God's word so that it could be seen as well as heard, pressing it home upon hardened hearts.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Jer 48:12Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will send to him those who pour off, and they shall pour him off; and they shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles in pieces.
- Jer 51:63–64It shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall bind a stone to it, and cast it into the middle of the Euphrates.
- Jer 19:1Thus said Yahweh, “Go, and buy a potter’s earthen bottle, and take some of the elders of the people, and of the elders of the priests;
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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