New American Standard Bible 2020
Jeremiah 6:7
71As a well 2keeps its waters fresh, So she 3keeps fresh her wickedness. 4Violence and destruction are heard in her; 5Sickness and wounds are constantly before Me.
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
5Arise, and let’s attack by night And destroy her palaces!’” 6For this is what the Lord of armies says: “Cut down her trees And pile up an assault ramp against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression. As a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are constantly before Me. 8Be warned, Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, An uninhabited land.” 9This is what the Lord of armies says: “They will thoroughly glean the remnant of Israel like the vine; Pass your hand over the branches again Like a grape gatherer.”
Read all of Jeremiah 6Jeremiah 6:7 word by word
כְּהָקִ֥יר בַּ֙יִר֙ מֵימֶ֔יהָ כֵּ֖ן הֵקֵ֣רָה רָעָתָ֑הּ חָמָ֣ס וָ֠שֹׁד יִשָּׁ֨מַע בָּ֧הּ עַל־פָּנַ֛י תָּמִ֖יד חֳלִ֥י וּמַכָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
- As a wellבּוֹרbôr · pitH953
- its watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
- Soכֵּןkên · soH3651
- Violenceחָמָסchâmâs · violenceH2555
- and destructionשֹׁדshôd shôd · violenceH7701
- are heardשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
- Sicknessחֳלִיchŏlîy · sicknessH2483
- and woundsמַכָּהmakkâh makkeh · woundH4347
- are constantlyתָּמִידtâmîyd · continuallyH8548
- beforeעַל‛al · uponH5921
- beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:7
- Proverbs 4:23Watch over your heart with all diligence, 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 refuse and mud.
- James 3:10from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.
- Jeremiah 20:8For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I proclaim violence and destruction, Because for me the word of the Lord has resulted In taunting and derision all day long.
- Psalms 55:9Confuse them, Lord, divide their tongues, For I have seen violence and strife in the city.
- Ezekiel 7:11Violence has grown into a rod of wickedness. None of them shall remain, none of their people, none of their wealth, nor anything eminent among them.
- Ezekiel 22:3And you shall say, ‘This is what the Lord God says: “A city shedding blood in her midst, so that her time is coming; and a city that makes idols, contrary to her own good, for defilement!
- Ezekiel 24:7For her blood is in her midst; She placed it on the bare rock; She did not pour it on the ground To cover it with dust.
- Micah 2:1Woe to those who devise wrongdoing, Who practice evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, Because it is in the power of their hands.
- Micah 3:1And I said, “Hear now, you leaders of Jacob And rulers of the house of Israel: Is it not for you to know justice?
- Micah 7:2The godly person has perished from the land, And there is no upright person among mankind. All of them lie in wait for bloodshed; Each of them 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
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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
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