OET interlinear JER 48:12

uW Translation Notes:

(Occurrence 0) So see, the days are coming

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence see/lo/see! days coming declares_of YHWH and,I_will_send to=him/it pourers and,they,will_tilt_it and,vessels_of,its empty and,jars_of,their smash )

Alternate translation: “Listen carefully because there will be a time”

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

(Occurrence 0) I will send him those who will tip him over and pour out all his pots and shatter his jars

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence see/lo/see! days coming declares_of YHWH and,I_will_send to=him/it pourers and,they,will_tilt_it and,vessels_of,its empty and,jars_of,their smash )

The enemy army defeating the people of Moab and taking them as captives is spoken of as if the people of Moab are wine and someone will come and pour them out and break the wine jars. Alternate translation: “I will send an army that will destroy them as if they were pouring out wine and breaking the jars”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

(Occurrence 0) send him … tip him over … his pots … his jars

(Some words not found in UHB: for=so/thus/hence see/lo/see! days coming declares_of YHWH and,I_will_send to=him/it pourers and,they,will_tilt_it and,vessels_of,its empty and,jars_of,their smash )

Here Yahweh speaks of Moab as if it were a man. Here it represents the people of Moab. All occurrences of “he,” “his,” and “him” in 48:11–12 can be stated as “they,” “their,” or “them.” Alternate translation: “send them … tip them over … their pots … their jars”