Jeremiah 48:12
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will send unto him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.
Context
This verse from Jeremiah Chapter 48 connects to 10 cross-references. An extended oracle against Moab describing its total devastation: wailing in every city, the destroyer descending on every town, Moab made a derision and horror. The nation has been complacent since youth, undisturbed on its dregs. Yet the chapter ends …
Other Translations
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.
Therefore, lo, days are coming, An affirmation of Jehovah, And I have sent to him wanderers, And they have caused him to wander, And his vessels they empty out, And his bottles they dash in pieces.
So truly, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will send to him men who will have him turned over till there is no more wine in his vessels, and his wine-skins will be completely broken.
Cross References
And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters’ vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not …
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall …
There shall be lamentation generally upon all the housetops of Moab, and in the streets thereof: for I have broken …
Moab is spoiled, and gone up out of her cities, and his chosen young men are gone down to the …
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied …
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the …
Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of …
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of …
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; …