and the jar at the spring is broken, and the waterwheel for the cistern has been crushed.” (Ecclesiastes 12:6)

18. What is the figurative “jar at the spring,” and what happens when it is broken?

¹⁸ “The jar at the spring” is the heart, which receives the stream of blood and sends it out again for circulation through the body. At death, the heart becomes like a broken jar, shattered at the spring because it can no longer receive, contain, and pump out the blood vital for the body’s nourishment and refreshment.