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Jeremiah 6:7

in Jeremiah 6

As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

As a well casteth forth its waters, so she casteth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction is heard in her; before me continually is sickness and wounds.

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.

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This verse in Jeremiah 6

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

(Verse 7) This is a city of visitation (or falsehood); all slander (or oppression) is in its midst. Just as a well or a lake makes its water cold, so it has made its evil cold. The Lord has commanded that trees be cut down, and that mounds be built all around. For the time of its visitation has come, to receive payment for its sins, the greatest of which is false accusation, to oppress the innocent through slander.

This site's exposition

Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount

on Jeremiah 6:6-8

The Lord himself orders the siege works, trees felled and a mount cast up against his own city, language that names Jerusalem as the city to be visited rather than leaving the enemy's engineering unaccounted for. The fountain that casts out her waters names wickedness as Jerusalem's own continual output rather than an occasional lapse, and the last appeal in the unit, be thou instructed, lest my soul depart from thee, is offered before the desolation rather than after it, correction still open at the very edge of judgment.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice
As a fountain casteth out - Better, As a cistern “cooleth.” Before me ... - Before My face continually there is disease and wounding: Disease as the result of poverty and want: wounding, or, the commission of deeds of actual violence.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • כְּהָקִ֥ירas keeps cool

    kehakirH6979 →

  • בַּ֙יִר֙a well

    beverH875 →

  • מֵימֶ֔יהָwater its

    meimeihaH4325 →581 times

  • כֵּ֖ןso

    kenH3651 →771 times

  • הֵקֵ֣רָהit has kept cool

    hekerahH6979 →

  • רָעָתָ֑הּevil its

    raatahH7451 →662 times

  • חָמָ֣סviolence

    chamasH2555 →60 times

  • וָ֠שֹׁדand havoc

    vashodH7701 →25 times

  • יִשָּׁ֨מַעit is heard

    yishama'H8085 →1159 times

  • בָּ֧הּin <the> it

    bah

  • עַל־[are] on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • פָּנַ֛יface my

    panaiH6440 →2123 times

  • תָּמִ֖ידcontinually

    tamidH8548 →104 times

  • חֳלִ֥יsickness

    choliH2483 →

  • וּמַכָּֽה׃and wound[s]

    umakahH4347 →48 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 20:8For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.5 worksEzekiel 7:23Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.5 worksEzekiel 7:11Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.5 worksPsalms 55:9O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.5 worksHosea 4:2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.4 worksIsaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.3 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
James 3:10–12Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!3 worksGenesis 6:11Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.3 worksEzekiel 8:17“Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!3 worksIsaiah 59:6Their cobwebs cannot be made into clothing, and they cannot cover themselves with their works. Their deeds are sinful deeds, and acts of violence are in their hands.3 worksMicah 3:1–3Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?2 worksMicah 2:8–10But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.2 worksEzekiel 22:3–12and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O city who brings her own doom by shedding blood within her walls and making idols to defile herself,2 worksMicah 2:1–2Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.2 worksMicah 7:2–3The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.2 worksMicah 3:9–12Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,2 worksEzekiel 12:19Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who dwell in it.2 worksEzekiel 24:7For the blood she shed is still within her; she poured it out on the bare rock; she did not pour it on the ground to cover it with dust.1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Isaiah 57:20

    But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

    it leads to

    • Proverbs 4:16–17

      For they cannot sleep unless they do evil; they are deprived of slumber until they make someone fall.

    • Isaiah 3:11

      Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.

    • Job 18:5–14

      Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 20:8

    For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction. For the word of the LORD has become to me a reproach and derision all day long.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 6:10

      To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find…

    • 2 Chronicles 36:16

      But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 7:11

    Their violence has grown into a rod to punish their wickedness. None of them will remain: none of their multitude, none of their wealth, and nothing of value.

    it leads to

    • Zephaniah 1:18

      Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He…

  • Through

    Ezekiel 7:23

    Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 9:9

      He replied, “The iniquity of the house of Israel and Judah is exceedingly great. The land is full of bloodshed, and the city is full of perversity. For they say, ‘The LORD has forsaken…

    • Jeremiah 27:2

      This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.

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About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 6 →

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.

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