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

5‘Well then, let’s attack at night and destroy her palaces!’” 6This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “Cut down the trees for battering rams. Build siege ramps against the walls of Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, for she is wicked through and through. She spouts evil like a fountain. Her streets echo with the sounds of violence and destruction. I always see her sickness and sores. 8Listen to this warning, Jerusalem, or I will turn from you in disgust. Listen, or I will turn you into a heap of ruins, a land where no one lives.” 9This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “Even the few who remain in Israel will be picked over again, as when a harvester checks each vine a second time to pick the grapes that were missed.”

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 determines the course of your life.
• Isaiah 57:20“But those who still reject me are like the restless sea, which is never still but continually churns up mud and dirt.
• James 3:10And so blessing and cursing come pouring out of the same mouth. Surely, my brothers and sisters, this is not right!
• Jeremiah 20:8When I speak, the words burst out. “Violence and destruction!” I shout. So these messages from the Lord have made me a household joke.
• Psalms 55:9Confuse them, Lord, and frustrate their plans, for I see violence and conflict in the city.
• Ezekiel 7:11Their violence has grown into a rod that will beat them for their wickedness. None of these proud and wicked people will survive. All their wealth and prestige will be swept away.
• Ezekiel 22:3and give her this message from the Sovereign Lord: O city of murderers, doomed and damned—city of idols, filthy and foul—
• Ezekiel 24:7For the blood of her murders is splashed on the rocks. It isn’t even spilled on the ground, where the dust could cover it!
• Micah 2:1What sorrow awaits you who lie awake at night, thinking up evil plans. You rise at dawn and hurry to carry them out, simply because you have the power to do so.
• Micah 3:1I said, “Listen, you leaders of Israel! You are supposed to know right from wrong,
• Micah 7:2The godly people have all disappeared; not one honest person is left on the earth. They are all murderers, setting traps even for their own brothers.

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
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• Reprobate
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• 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