Indeed my belly is like wine that has no vent; It is ready to burst like new wineskins.
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, my breast is as wine which has no vent; like new wineskins it is ready to burst.
- KJV Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles.
- BSB Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; it is about to burst like a new wineskin.
- NASB “Behold, my belly is like unvented wine; Like new wineskins, it is about to burst.
- NLT I am like a cask of wine without a vent, like a new wineskin ready to burst!
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Quick answer
Seeing the calf and the dancing, Moses' anger burns and he shatters the tablets. The broken tablets dramatize Israel's broken covenant.
Overview
Moses' righteous anger mirrors God's own, and breaking the tablets visibly enacts the covenant Israel has already shattered through idolatry. This is not a loss of self-control but a fitting symbol of judgment. The need for the covenant to be renewed later (Exodus 34) points to humanity's inability to keep God's law and the need for a better covenant in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 9:17Neither do people put new wine into old wine skins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wine skins, and both are preserved.”
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