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Bottles.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

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First mention of, in Scripture. Gen. 21:14¹⁴And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. (Genesis 21:14).

Ancients often drank from. Hab. 2:15¹⁵Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy bottle to him, and makest him drunken also, that thou mayest look on their nakedness! (Habakkuk 2:15).

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Water. Gen. 21:14, 15, 19¹⁴And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba. ¹⁵And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. (Genesis 21:14‑15)
¹⁹And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water; and she went, and filled the bottle with water, and gave the lad drink. (Genesis 21:19).

Milk. Jud. 4:19.

Wine. 1 Sam. 1:24²⁴And when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bullocks, and one ephah of flour, and a bottle of wine, and brought him unto the house of the Lord in Shiloh: and the child was young. (1 Samuel 1:24). 1 Sam. 16:20²⁰And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul. (1 Samuel 16:20).

Some, made of earthenware. Jer. 19:1¹Thus saith the Lord, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests; (Jeremiah 19:1).

MADE OF SKINS

Shriveled and dried by smoke. Psa. 119:83⁸³For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. (Psalm 119:83).

Marred by age and use. Jos. 9:4, 13⁴They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up; (Joshua 9:4)
¹³And these bottles of wine, which we filled, were new; and, behold, they be rent: and these our garments and our shoes are become old by reason of the very long journey. (Joshua 9:13).

When old, unfit for holding new wine. Mat. 9:17. Mar. 2:22.

Sometimes probably of large dimensions. 1 Sam. 25:18¹⁸Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses. (1 Samuel 25:18). 2 Sam. 16:1¹And when David was a little past the top of the hill, behold, Ziba the servant of Mephibosheth met him, with a couple of asses saddled, and upon them two hundred loaves of bread, and an hundred bunches of raisins, and an hundred of summer fruits, and a bottle of wine. (2 Samuel 16:1)

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Of the clouds. Job 38:37³⁷Who can number the clouds in wisdom? or who can stay the bottles of heaven, (Job 38:37).

Of God's remembrance. Psa. 56:8⁸Thou tellest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book? (Psalm 56:8)

Of sinners ripe for judgment. Jer. 13:12-14¹²Therefore 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? ¹³Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness. ¹⁴And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. (Jeremiah 13:12‑14).

(Dried up) of the afflicted. Psa. 119:83⁸³For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes. (Psalm 119:83)

(Ready to burst,) of the impatient. Job 32:19¹⁹Behold, my belly is as wine which hath no vent; it is ready to burst like new bottles. (Job 32:19).

(Broken,) of severe judgments. Isa. 30:14¹⁴And he shall break it as the breaking of the potters' vessel that is broken in pieces; he shall not spare: so that there shall not be found in the bursting of it a sherd to take fire from the hearth, or to take water withal out of the pit. (Isaiah 30:14). (marg.) Jer. 19:10¹⁰Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee, (Jeremiah 19:10). Jer. 48:12¹²Therefore, 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. (Jeremiah 48:12).

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