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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)She spouts evil like a fountain. Her streets echo with the sounds of violence and destruction. I always see her sickness and sores.

Context of Jeremiah 6:7

5Arise, and let us attack by night and destroy her palaces!" 6For thus says the Lord of hosts: "Cut down her trees; cast up a siege mound against Jerusalem. This is the city that must be punished; there is nothing but oppression within her. 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. 8Be warned, O Jerusalem, lest I turn from you in disgust, lest I make you a desolation, an uninhabited land." 9Thus says the Lord of hosts: "They shall glean thoroughly as a vine the remnant of Israel; like a grape gatherer pass your hand again over its 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 4:23Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life.
• Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the tossing sea; for it cannot be quiet, and its waters toss up mire and dirt.
• James 3:10From the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
• Jeremiah 20:8For whenever I speak, I cry out, I shout, "Violence and destruction!" For the word of the Lord has become for me a reproach and derision all day long.
• Psalms 55:9Destroy, O Lord, divide their tongues; for I see violence and strife in the city.
• Ezekiel 7:11Violence has grown up into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, nor their abundance, nor their wealth; neither shall there be preeminence among them.
• Ezekiel 22:3You shall say, Thus says the Lord God: A city that sheds blood in her midst, so that her time may come, and that makes idols to defile herself!
• Ezekiel 24:7For the blood she has shed is in her midst; she put it on the bare rock; she did not pour it out on the ground to cover it with dust.
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise wickedness and work evil on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in the power of their hand.
• Micah 3:1And I said: Hear, you heads of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel! Is it not for you to know justice?—
• Micah 7:2The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the 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