Jeremiah 13:12

Therefore you are to tell them that this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And when they reply, ‘Don’t we surely know that every wineskin should be filled with wine?’

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — The LORD commands Jeremiah to deliver a message to the house of Israel and Judah immediately after the loincloth analogy of their rejected covenant relationship.

The words — אָמַרְתָּ ('a.mar.Ta) means "you will speak" to them, and כֹּה (koh) translates literally as "thus," structuring the divine declaration.

The thread — This prophetic command to relay a warning follows the sequence in Jeremiah 13:11 and 13, while the pattern of divine speech met with audience familiarity mirrors Ezekiel 24:19.

Why it lands — The text requires obedient delivery of a judgment metaphor despite the audience's dismissive claim of prior knowledge, establishing that divine warning precedes inescapable consequence.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Thus saith the Lord 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?

Cross-references

Ezekiel 24:19 Then the people asked me, “Won’t you tell us what these things you are doing mean to us?”