A Sign of Shame and Pronounced Judgment
Jeremiah 13:12-14
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Jer.13.12 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ואמרת: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
- אליהם: PREP,3,m,pl
- את: PRT,acc
- הדבר: NOUN,m,sg,def
- הזה: DEM,m,sg
- כה: ADV
- אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- אלהי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
- ישראל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- כל: DET
- נבל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ימלא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- יין: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ואמרו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
- אליך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
- הידע: VERB,hiph,impv,2,m,sg
- לא: PART_NEG
- נדע: VERB,qal,impf,1,pl
- כי: CONJ
- כל: DET
- נבל: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ימלא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- יין: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Jeremiah 13:11 (structural): Immediate context in the same prophetic object—uses the object-lesson of garments/containers to symbolize Judah’s fate; verse 12 continues and completes that symbolic message about skins/jars and judgment.
- Luke 5:37-38 (verbal): Jesus’ teaching about wine and wineskins echoes the same container/wine imagery (filling skins with wine), a shared metaphor about the relationship between content and container.
- Isaiah 28:7-8 (thematic): Priests and prophets are pictured as erring through strong drink and reeling—paralleling Jeremiah’s use of wine/drunkenness as a motif for moral/civic collapse and divine judgment.
- Joel 3:18 (Joel 4:18 MT) (thematic): The image of the land producing/dripping new wine and abundance uses the same motif of wine filling places/containers; contrasts Jeremiah’s use of wine as a means of judgment by employing it for restoration and plenty.
Alternative generated candidates
- And say to them this word: Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: Every wineskin shall be filled with wine. And they will answer you, Do you not know that every wineskin shall be filled with wine?
- And say to them this word: Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel—Every jar shall be filled with wine. And they will say to you, "Do you not know that every jar is filled with wine?"
Jer.13.13 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ואמרת: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
- אליהם: PREP,3,m,pl
- כה: ADV
- אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- הנני: PRT+PRON,1,sg
- ממלא: VERB,piel,part,1,ms
- את: PRT,acc
- כל: DET
- ישבי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
- הארץ: NOUN,f,sg,def
- הזאת: DEM,f,sg,def
- ואת: CONJ
- המלכים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- הישבים: PART,qal,ptc,3,m,pl,def
- לדוד: PREP+NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- על: PREP
- כסאו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3ms
- ואת: CONJ
- הכהנים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- ואת: CONJ
- הנביאים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- ואת: CONJ
- כל: DET
- ישבי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
- ירושלם: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- שכרון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Jeremiah 25:27-28 (verbal): Same drink/drunkenness imagery used by Yahweh as a curse/judgment—'Drink ye, and be drunken...' (God commands nations/people to drink a cup of wrath).
- Isaiah 29:9-10 (thematic): God-caused stupor/drunkenness as divine judgment—'be amazed and drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not with strong drink' parallels the idea of inhabitants filled with drunkenness.
- Jeremiah 51:7 (thematic): Uses the intoxication image to describe a nation's effect on the earth—'Babylon was a golden cup in the LORD's hand that made all the earth drunken' (similar motif of nations/peoples made drunk as judgment).
- Isaiah 28:7-8 (verbal): Association of priests and prophets erring through wine—'priests and prophets reel from wine and are snared by strong drink' echoes Jeremiah's listing of kings, priests, and prophets being filled with drunkenness.
Alternative generated candidates
- And say to them, Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings who sit on David's throne, and the priests and the prophets, and all who dwell in Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
- And you shall say to them, Thus says the LORD—Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings who sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all who dwell in Jerusalem, with drunkenness.
Jer.13.14 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ונפצתים: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,pl
- איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- אל: NEG
- אחיו: NOUN,3,m,sg,abs
- והאבות: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,def
- והבנים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- יחדו: ADV
- נאם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- לא: PART_NEG
- אחמול: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
- ולא: CONJ
- אחוס: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
- ולא: CONJ
- ארחם: VERB,qal,impf,1,m,sg
- מהשחיתם: PREP+VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
Parallels
- Micah 7:6 (thematic): Predicts domestic strife in times of judgment — ‘a son dishonors his father… a daughter rises against her mother’ — parallels Jeremiah’s image of relatives turned against one another.
- Matthew 10:34-36 (quotation): Jesus echoes the prophetic motif (cf. Micah) that judgment and division will split families — ‘a man’s enemies will be those of his own household,’ paralleling Jeremiah’s family rupture.
- Ezekiel 9:6 (verbal): Describes uncompromising slaughter ‘old and young… slay utterly,’ matching Jeremiah’s formulaic refusal to pity or spare and the collective destruction of families.
- Deuteronomy 28:32 (thematic): As part of the covenant curses, families are disrupted and children given to others — thematically related to Jeremiah’s portrayal of familial collapse and ongoing punitive consequences.
Alternative generated candidates
- They shall be shattered one against another—fathers and sons together, declares the LORD. I will not spare them, I will not have pity or show compassion; I will not relent for the ruin they have wrought.
- They shall be dashed one against another—fathers and sons together, declares the LORD. I will not spare, I will not pity, nor will I have mercy, for their corruption.
And say to them this word: Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, ‘Every wineskin shall be filled with wine.’ And they will say to you, ‘Do you not know? Have we not known that every wineskin shall be filled with wine?’ And say to them, ‘Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will fill all who dwell in this land, and the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all who dwell in Jerusalem, with drunkenness.’
They shall be dashed one against another—fathers and sons together—declares the LORD: I will not spare, I will not pity, I will not have mercy; I will not relent for the ruin they have wrought.