they worked craftily, and went and pretended to be ambassadors. And they took old sacks on their donkeys, old wineskins torn and mended,

"And these wineskins which we filled [were] new, and see, they are torn; and these our garments and our sandals have become old because of the very long journey."

For I have become like a wineskin in smoke, [Yet] I do not forget Your statutes.