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Bottles

First mention of, in Scripture—Ge 21:14

Ancients often drank from—Hab 2:15

USED FOR HOLDING

• Water
• —Ge 21:14,15,19
• Milk
• —Jud 4:19
• Wine
• —1Sa 1:24; 16:20

Some, made of earthenware—Jer 19:1

MADE OF SKINS

• Shrivelled and dried by smoke
• —Ps 119:83
• Marred by age and use
• —Jos 9:14,13
• When old, unfit for holding new wine
• —Mt 9:17; Mr 2:22
• Sometimes probably of large dimensions
• —1Sa 25:18; 2Sa 16:1

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the clouds
• —Job 38:37
• Of God's remembrance
• —Ps 56:8
• Of sinners ripe for judgment
• —Jer 13:12-14
• (Dried up,) of the afflicted
• —Ps 119:83
• (Ready to burst,) of the impatient
• —Job 32:19
• (Broken,) of severe judgments
• —Isa 30:14; Jer 19:10; 48:12