A Bottle in the Smoke
“My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, when wilt thou comfort me? For I am become like a bottle in the smoke, yet do I not forget thy statues.” - Psalms 119:81-83 The phrase “a bottle in the smoke” is oriental in origin. A leather wine bottle or jug made of kid or goat skin was suspended from roof or wall of a dwelling. As most homes had no chimneys, smoke ascending through a hole in roof caused the skin to become dry, parched and to shrink. ...