Jeremiah 48:12
New International Version
But days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will send men who pour from pitchers, and they will pour her out; they will empty her pitchers and smash her jars.

New Living Translation
But the time is coming soon,” says the LORD, “when I will send men to pour him from his jar. They will pour him out, then shatter the jar!

English Standard Version
“Therefore, behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I shall send to him pourers who will pour him, and empty his vessels and break his jars in pieces.

Berean Standard Bible
Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “That I shall send him wine-workers Who will tip him over And empty his vessels And break the bottles.

New American Standard Bible
Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will pour out his vessels and smash his jars.

NASB 1995
“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

NASB 1977
“Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I shall send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

Legacy Standard Bible
Therefore behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “when I will send to him those who tip vessels, and they will tip him over, and they will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

Amplified Bible
Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “when I will send to Moab those who will tip him over and who will empty his vessels and break his [earthenware] jars in pieces.

Christian Standard Bible
Therefore look, the days are coming — this is the LORD’s declaration — when I will send pourers to him, who will pour him out. They will empty his containers and smash his jars.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Therefore look, the days are coming— this is the LORD’s declaration— when I will send those to him, who will pour him out. They will empty his containers and smash his jars.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
But now, I will send enemies to pour out the wine and smash the jars!

English Revised Version
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, 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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
That is why the days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I will send people to pour Moab out of its jars and to smash its pitchers.

Good News Translation
"So now, the time is coming when I will send people to pour Moab out like wine. They will empty its wine jars and break them in pieces.

International Standard Version
"Therefore, look, days are coming," declares the LORD, "when I'll send those who tip over vessels to him, and they'll tip him over. They'll empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

Majority Standard Bible
Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars.

NET Bible
But the time is coming when I will send men against Moab who will empty it out. They will empty the towns of their people, then will lay those towns in ruins. I, the LORD, affirm it!

New Heart English Bible
Therefore look, the days come,' says the LORD, '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.

Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will send to him wanderers that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

World English Bible
Therefore behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will send to him those who pour off, and they will pour him off; and they will empty his vessels, and break their containers in pieces.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Therefore, behold, days are coming, "" A declaration of YHWH, "" And I have sent wanderers to him, "" And they have caused him to wander, "" And they empty out his vessels, "" And they dash his bottles in pieces.

Young's Literal Translation
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.

Smith's Literal Translation
For this, behold, the days coming, says Jehovah, and I sent to him those turning aside, and they turned aside, and they will empty his vessels and break his bottles.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Therefore behold the days come, saith the Lord, and I will send him men that shall order and overturn his bottles, and they shall cast him down, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles one against another.

Catholic Public Domain Version
Because of this, behold, the days are approaching, says the Lord, when I will send to him those who will line up and knock down his bottles, and they will knock him down and empty his vessels, and they will break their bottles against one another.

New American Bible
Be assured! The days are coming—oracle of the LORD—when I will send him wine-makers to decant the wine; they shall empty its flasks and smash its jars.

New Revised Standard Version
Therefore, the time is surely coming, says the LORD, when I shall send to him decanters to decant him, and empty his vessels, and break his jars in pieces.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Therefore, Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will send robbers against them, and they shall plunder them and empty their vessels and destroy their wine containers.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because of this, behold, days are coming, says LORD JEHOVAH, and I shall send upon them plunderers, and they shall plunder them, and they shall empty their vessels, and their bottles they shall shatter
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Therefore, behold, the days come, Saith the LORD, That I will send unto him them that tilt up, And they shall tilt him up; And they shall empty his vessels, And break their bottles in pieces.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Therefore, behold, his days come, saith the Lord, when I shall send upon him bad leaders, and they shall lead him astray, and they shall utterly break in pieces his possessions, and shall cut his horns asunder.
Audio Bible



Context
The Judgment on Moab
11Moab has been at ease from youth, settled like wine on its dregs; he has not been poured from vessel to vessel or gone into exile. So his flavor has remained the same, and his aroma is unchanged. 12Therefore behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will send to him wanderers, who will pour him out. They will empty his vessels and shatter his jars. 13Then Moab will be ashamed of Chemosh, just as the house of Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.…

Cross References
Isaiah 16:9-10
So I weep with Jazer for the vines of Sibmah; I drench Heshbon and Elealeh with my tears. Triumphant shouts have fallen silent over your summer fruit and your harvest. / Joy and gladness are removed from the orchard; no one sings or shouts in the vineyards. No one tramples the grapes in the winepresses; I have put an end to the cheering.

Isaiah 24:1-3
Behold, the LORD lays waste the earth and leaves it in ruins. He will twist its surface and scatter its inhabitants— / people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor. / The earth will be utterly laid waste and thoroughly plundered. For the LORD has spoken this word.

Isaiah 63:3
“I have trodden the winepress alone, and no one from the nations was with Me. I trampled them in My anger and trod them down in My fury; their blood spattered My garments, and all My clothes were stained.

Lamentations 1:15
The Lord has rejected all the mighty men in my midst; He has summoned an army against me to crush my young warriors. Like grapes in a winepress, the Lord has trampled the Virgin Daughter of Judah.

Ezekiel 22:31
So I have poured out My indignation upon them and consumed them with the fire of My fury. I have brought their ways down upon their own heads, declares the Lord GOD.”

Hosea 9:2
The threshing floor and winepress will not feed them, and the new wine will fail them.

Amos 9:13-14
“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when the plowman will overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes, the sower of seed. The mountains will drip with sweet wine, with which all the hills will flow. / I will restore My people Israel from captivity; they will rebuild and inhabit the ruined cities. They will plant vineyards and drink their wine; they will make gardens and eat their fruit.

Zephaniah 1:13
Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.

Revelation 14:10
he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb.

Revelation 18:6
Give back to her as she has done to others; pay her back double for what she has done; mix her a double portion in her own cup.

Matthew 21:41
“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”

Mark 12:9
What then will the owner of the vineyard do? He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.

Luke 20:16
He will come and kill those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” And when the people heard this, they said, “May such a thing never happen!”

Romans 9:22
What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction?

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9
in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,


Treasury of Scripture

Therefore, behold, the days come, said the LORD, that I will send to him wanderers, that shall cause him to wander, and shall empty his vessels, and break their bottles.

wanderers

Jeremiah 48:8,15
And the spoiler shall come upon every city, and no city shall escape: the valley also shall perish, and the plain shall be destroyed, as the LORD hath spoken…

Jeremiah 25:9
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

Isaiah 16:2
For it shall be, that, as a wandering bird cast out of the nest, so the daughters of Moab shall be at the fords of Arnon.

empty

Jeremiah 48:11,38
Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed…

Jeremiah 14:3
And their nobles have sent their little ones to the waters: they came to the pits, and found no water; they returned with their vessels empty; they were ashamed and confounded, and covered their heads.

Jeremiah 19:10
Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,

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Jeremiah 48
1. The judgment of Moab
7. for their pride
11. for their security
14. for their carnal confidence
26. and for their contempt of God and his people
47. The restoration of Moab














Therefore behold
The phrase "Therefore behold" serves as a divine announcement, a call to attention for the listener or reader. In Hebrew, "behold" is often translated from the word "הִנֵּה" (hinneh), which is used to draw attention to something significant. It is a divine alert, indicating that what follows is of utmost importance and certainty. This phrase underscores the authority and sovereignty of God, who is about to declare His judgment.

the days are coming
This phrase is a prophetic formula used frequently in the Old Testament to indicate the certainty of future events. It suggests an appointed time in God's divine plan. The Hebrew word for "days" (יָמִים, yamim) can refer to a specific period marked by significant events. Here, it implies an impending judgment that is inevitable and divinely orchestrated.

declares the LORD
This phrase emphasizes the source of the prophecy. "Declares" is translated from the Hebrew word "נְאֻם" (ne'um), which is often used in prophetic literature to assert the authority and authenticity of the message. The use of "the LORD" (יהוה, Yahweh) highlights the covenantal name of God, reminding the audience of His eternal nature and His relationship with His people. It assures the reader that the message is not from a human source but from God Himself.

when I will send to him pourers
The imagery of "pourers" is unique and vivid. In the context of ancient winemaking, pourers would decant wine from one vessel to another, often to remove sediment. The Hebrew root for "pourers" (צָעִים, tsa'im) suggests those who cause to flow or spill. This metaphor indicates that God will send agents of His judgment to Moab, symbolizing a thorough and complete action of emptying and cleansing.

who will tip him over
The action of tipping over suggests a complete overturning or destabilization. In the Hebrew context, this phrase conveys the idea of being overthrown or brought to ruin. It signifies the totality of God's judgment against Moab, leaving no part untouched. This imagery is powerful, illustrating the complete and inescapable nature of divine retribution.

they will empty his vessels
The vessels represent the wealth, security, and pride of Moab. To "empty" (רֵק, req) in Hebrew means to make void or desolate. This action signifies the stripping away of all that Moab relied upon, leaving them barren and exposed. It is a metaphor for the loss of prosperity and the futility of relying on material strength.

and shatter his jars
The shattering of jars is a symbol of destruction and irreparability. In ancient times, jars were essential for storing valuable goods, and their breaking would signify a loss beyond recovery. The Hebrew word for "shatter" (נָפַץ, naphats) implies a violent breaking. This imagery conveys the finality of God's judgment, leaving Moab in a state of ruin and hopelessness.

Verse 12. - Wanderers, that shall cause him to wander; rather, taters, and they shall tilt him. The earthen jars of which Thevenot speaks were doubtless similar to those of the Israelites. They would be tilted on one side, that the wine might run off clear from the dregs. Their bottles; rather, flagons or pitchers (of earthenware). The confusion of numbers and pronouns is remarkable. First, Moab collectively is spoken of as a wine jar; then the Moabites individually as Moab's jars; last of all, the Moabites are spoken of as possessing "jars" (i.e. all the institutions, public and private, of the state and of society).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Therefore
לָכֵ֞ן (lā·ḵên)
Adverb
Strong's 3651: So -- thus

behold,
הִנֵּ֖ה־ (hin·nêh-)
Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

the days
יָמִ֤ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

are coming,
בָּאִים֙ (bā·’îm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 5002: An oracle

the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

when I will send
וְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־ (wə·šil·laḥ·tî-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

to him
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

wanderers,
צֹעִ֖ים (ṣō·‘îm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's 6808: To tip over, depopulate, to imprison, conquer, to lie down

who will pour him out.
וְצֵעֻ֑הוּ (wə·ṣê·‘u·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 6808: To tip over, depopulate, to imprison, conquer, to lie down

They will empty
יָרִ֔יקוּ (yā·rî·qū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7324: Arm, cast out, draw out, make empty, pour forth out

his vessels
וְכֵלָ֣יו (wə·ḵê·lāw)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

and shatter
יְנַפֵּֽצוּ׃ (yə·nap·pê·ṣū)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5310: To dash to pieces, scatter

his jars.
וְנִבְלֵיהֶ֖ם (wə·niḇ·lê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5035: A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre


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