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Barnes' Notes on Jeremiah 48:12

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Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · 19th-century historical commentary
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I will send - tilters “unto him and they shall” tilt “him, and they shall empty his vessels, and break their” pitchers “in pieces.” “Pitchers” originally meant “skins,” but the word came to signify small earthenware jars Isaiah 30:14 : thus the Chaldaeans shall destroy of Moab everything that has contained the wine of her political life both small and great. return to 'Top of Page'
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