Jeremiah 6:7

Jeremiah 6:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.
• New International Version (NIV)As a well pours out its water, so she pours out her wickedness. Violence and destruction resound in her; her sickness and wounds are ever before me.
• English Standard Version (ESV)As a well keeps its water fresh, so she keeps fresh her evil; violence and destruction are heard within her; sickness and wounds are ever before me.
• New King James Version (NKJV)As a fountain wells up with water, So she wells up with her wickedness. Violence and plundering are heard in her. Before Me continually are grief and wounds.

Context of Jeremiah 6:7

5Rise up, let’s attack by night. Let’s destroy her fortresses.” 6For this is what the Lord of Armies says: Cut down the trees; raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem. This city must be punished. There is nothing but oppression within her. As a well gushes out its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her. Sickness and wounds keep coming to my attention. 8Be warned, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you; I will make you a desolation, a land without inhabitants. 9This is what the Lord of Armies says: Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.

Jeremiah 6:7 word by word

כְּהָקִ֥יר בַּ֙יִר֙ מֵימֶ֔יהָ כֵּ֖ן הֵקֵ֣רָה רָעָתָ֑הּ חָמָ֣ס וָ֠שֹׁד יִשָּׁ֨מַע בָּ֧הּ עַל־פָּנַ֛י תָּמִ֖יד חֳלִ֥י וּמַכָּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• As a fountainבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
• casteth outקָרַרqûr · to coolH6979
• her watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• her wickednessרָעָהra‛ râ‛âh · distress: evilH7451
• violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
• and spoilשֹׁדshôd shôd · violenceH7701
• is heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• in her; before meפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• continuallyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
• griefחֳלִיchŏlîy · sicknessH2483
• and woundsמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:7

• Proverbs 4:23Guard your heart above all else, for it is the source of life.
• Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its water churns up mire and muck.
• James 3:10Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.
• Jeremiah 20:8For whenever I speak, I cry out, I proclaim, “Violence and destruction!” so the word of the Lord has become my constant disgrace and derision.
• Psalms 55:9Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city;
• Ezekiel 7:11Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them will remain: none of that crowd, none of their wealth, and none of the eminent among them.
• Ezekiel 22:3You are to say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: A city that sheds blood within her walls so that her time of judgment has come and who makes idols for herself so that she is defiled!
• Ezekiel 24:7For the blood she shed is still within her. She put it out on the bare rock; she didn’t pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who dream up wickedness and prepare evil plans on their beds! At morning light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
• Micah 3:1Then I said, “Now listen, leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Aren’t you supposed to know what is just?
• Micah 7:2Faithful people have vanished from the land; there is no one upright among the people. All of them wait in ambush to shed blood; they hunt each other with a net.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7As a fountain casteth out her waters - The inhabitants are incessant in their acts of iniquity; they do nothing but sin.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The Lord directed the Babylonians' attack. He told them to make battering rams to break through the walls and to build dirt ramps for easy access (Jeremiah 32:24).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. fountain--rather, a well dug, from which water springs; distinct from a natural spring or fountain. casteth out--causeth to flow; literally, "causeth to dig," the cause being put for the effect (2Ki 21:16, 24; Is 57:20). me--Jehovah.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 6:7

• Depravity of Man
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Cruel
• Mount
• Reprobate
• Wallow
• Jeremiah (2)
• Sheshach
• Text of the Old Testament
• Beerlahairoi
• suffer, suffering

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings