He presented him as an empty vessel/ to rob someone of all his possessions
Shame him. Make him seem ignorant or worthless.
("I was eaten up by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, they presented me as an empty vessel" - Jeremiah Naa Led, and so on: "The matter was spread out and they persecuted me and robbed me of my wealth and took my horses and presented me as an empty vessel" - Agnon/ The Assembly of All, 22)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
הִצִּיגוֹ כִּכְלִי רֵיק
Definition (Hebrew)
בִּיֵּשׁ אוֹתוֹ. גָּרַם לוֹ לְהֵרָאוֹת כַּחֲסַר יֶדַע אוֹ חֲסַר עֵרֶךְ.
("אֲכָלַנִי הֲמָמַנִי נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּר מֶלֶךְ בָּבֶל הִצִּיגַנִי כְּלִי רִיק"- יִרְמְיָה נָא לֵד, וְכֵן:"נִתְגַּלְגֵּל הַדָּבָר וְהֵצִיקוּ לִי וְגָזְלוּ אֶת מָמוֹנִי וְנָטְלוּ אֶת סוּסִי וְהִצִּיגוּנִי כִּכְלִי רֵיק"-עַגְנוֹן/ הַכְנָסַת כַּלָּה, 22)