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.
• 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.
• 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

5So arise, let us attack at night and destroy her fortresses!” 6This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Cut down the trees and build siege ramps against Jerusalem. This city must be punished; it is filled with oppression. 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. 8Take warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn away from you and make your land desolate so no one can live in it.” 9This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Let them glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine; pass your hand over the branches again, like one gathering grapes.”

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 4:23Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it.
• Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the tossing sea, which cannot rest, whose waves cast up mire and mud.
• James 3:10Out of the same mouth come praise and cursing. My brothers and sisters, this should not be.
• Jeremiah 20:8Whenever I speak, I cry out proclaiming violence and destruction. So the word of the Lord has brought me insult and reproach all day long.
• Psalms 55:9Lord, confuse the wicked, confound their words, for I see violence and strife in the city.
• Ezekiel 7:11Violence has arisen, a rod to punish the wicked. None of the people will be left, none of that crowd— none of their wealth, nothing of value.
• Ezekiel 22:3and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: You city that brings on herself doom by shedding blood in her midst and defiles herself by making idols,
• Ezekiel 24:7“ ‘For the blood she shed is in her midst: She poured it on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground, where the dust would cover it.
• Micah 2:1Woe to those who plan iniquity, to those who plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they carry it out because it is in their power to do it.
• Micah 3:1Then I said, “Listen, you leaders of Jacob, you rulers of Israel. Should you not embrace justice,
• Micah 7:2The faithful have been swept from the land; not one upright person remains. Everyone lies in wait to shed blood; they hunt each other with nets.

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