Pitchers full of wine, and cups: Revised English Bible has “bowls full of wine and drinking-cups.” The pitchers were quite likely the ordinary pitcher used in ancient Israel for either wine or water, measuring about 20 or 25 centimeters (eight or ten inches) in height. If pitchers are not known, translators can use “pots” or a general word such as “container.” But they should not use “bottles.”

Quoted with permission from Newman, Barclay M. and Stine, Philip C. A Handbook on Jeremiah. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2003. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .