Jeremiah 13:11-13

International Standard Version

¹¹ For just as the belt clings tightly to a person’s waist, so I’ve made all the people^[a] of Israel and all the people^[b] of Judah cling tightly to me,’ declares the Lord. ‘I did this^[c] so that they would be my people, name, praise, and glory. But they wouldn’t listen.’

The Wineskins

¹² “This is what you’re to tell them: ‘This is what the Lord God of Israel says: “Every wineskin is to be filled with wine.”’ When they say to you, ‘Don’t we know very well that every wineskin is to be filled with wine?’, ¹³ then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “I’m about to make all the inhabitants of this land drunk—the kings who sit on David’s throne, the priests, the prophets, and all the residents of Jerusalem.