Jeremiah 6:7
in Jeremiah 6As 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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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
9 notes on this verse(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
raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem
on Jeremiah 6:6-8
The LORD himself orders the siege, “Cut down the trees and raise a siege ramp against Jerusalem”. The figure “As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil” makes wickedness Jerusalem's continual output. The last appeal, “Be forewarned, O Jerusalem”, comes before the desolation.
This site's exposition
As a well gushes its water
Barnes renders the figure as a cistern that keeps its water cool, and Jerome's Latin reads the same: the city keeps its evil fresh. Sickness and wounds are the marks of poverty and violence, in Barnes's reading. The LORD sees them always.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
Note, He that is the common Parent of mankind regards and resents, and sooner or later will revenge, the mischiefs and wrongs that men do to one another. The counsel given them how to prevent this judgment. Fair warning is given now upon the whole matter: " Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem!
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — odd-straight-quotes
It was the covetous Pharisees that derided Christ, Luke xvi. They had become impudent in sin and were past shame. After such a high charge of flagrant crimes proved upon them, it was very proper to ask (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
As a fountain casteth out her waters,....
And, as they have no compassion for the weak but fair sex, so they have none for the decrepit but venerable age: The old with the full of days, whose deaths can contribute no more to their safety than their lives to their service, who are not in a capacity to do them either good or harm, shall be either cut off or carried off.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
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.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
As a fountain casteth out her waters - The inhabitants are incessant in their acts of iniquity; they do nothing but sin.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּהָקִ֥יר | kehakir | as keeps cool | H6979 → | |
| בַּ֙יִר֙ | bever | a well | H875 → | |
| מֵימֶ֔יהָ | meimeiha | water its | H4325 → | 581 times |
| כֵּ֖ן | ken | so | H3651 → | 771 times |
| הֵקֵ֣רָה | hekerah | it has kept cool | H6979 → | |
| רָעָתָ֑הּ | raatah | evil its | H7451 → | 662 times |
| חָמָ֣ס | chamas | violence | H2555 → | 60 times |
| וָ֠שֹׁד | vashod | and havoc | H7701 → | 25 times |
| יִשָּׁ֨מַע | yishama' | it is heard | H8085 → | 1159 times |
| בָּ֧הּ | bah | in <the> it | ||
| עַל־ | ʾal- | [are] on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פָּנַ֛י | panai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| תָּמִ֖יד | tamid | continually | H8548 → | 104 times |
| חֳלִ֥י | choli | sickness | H2483 → | |
| וּמַכָּֽה׃ | umakah | and wound[s] | H4347 → | 48 times |
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.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 57:20But 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.
- Proverbs 4:16–17
Through
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.
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.
- Jeremiah 6:10
Through
Ezekiel 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.
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…
- Zephaniah 1:18
Through
Ezekiel 7:23Forge 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.
- Ezekiel 9:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.