Warnings About Leather Wine Bags

¹² “Say to them: ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: All ·leather bags for holding wine [wineskins] should be filled with wine.’ People will say to you: ‘·Of course, we know [^LDo we not know that…?] all wine bags should be filled with wine.’ ¹³ Then you will say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will ·make everyone in this land like a drunken person [^Lfill with drunkenness all who live in this land; ^Cthey will drink from the “cup of God’s wrath” (25:15–18)]—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests and the prophets, and all the people who live in Jerusalem. ¹⁴ I will make them smash against one another, fathers and sons alike, says the Lord. I will not feel sorry or have pity on them or show ·mercy [compassion] that would stop me from destroying them.’”