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BOTTLE
a vessel made of skins for holding wine (Josh. 9:4. 13; 1-Sam 16:20; Matt. 9:17; Mark 2:22; Luke 5:37, Luke 5: 38), or milk (Judg. 4:19), or water (Gen. 21:14, Gen. 21: 15, 19), or strong drink (Hab. 2:15). Earthenware vessels were also similarly used (Jer. 19:1; 1-Kings 14:3; Isa. 30:14). In Job 32:19 (comp. Matt. 9:17; Luke 5:37, Luke 5: 38; Mark 2:22) the reference is to a wine-skin ready to burst through the fermentation of the wine. "Bottles of wine" in the Authorized Version of Hos. 7:5 is properly rendered in the Revised Version by "the heat of wine," i.e., the fever of wine, its intoxicating strength. The clouds are figuratively called the "bottles of heaven" (Job 38:37). A bottle blackened or shrivelled by smoke is referred to in Psa 119:83 as an image to which the psalmist likens himself.
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