Bible Strands
Jeremiah 6:7
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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The LORD of Hosts addresses Jerusalem during a siege warning, speaking immediately after commanding the preparation of siege ramps against the city. The words — בַּ֙יִר (bever, "a well") and the root H6979 (qwr, "keep cool/gush") frame the simile, describing how the city releases evil with the same constant, unforced motion as a spring. The thread — The pairing of violence and destruction resounding before God appears in Jeremiah 20:8, Ezekiel 7:11, and Ezekiel 7:23. Why it lands — The text presents the city's corruption as a relentless, visible reality that demands recognition of its severity and the certainty of impending judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- Ezekiel 7:23 Forge the chain, for the land is full of crimes of bloodshed, and the city is full of violence.
- 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.
- James 3:10 Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
- Psalms 55:9 O Lord, confuse and confound their speech, for I see violence and strife in the city.
- Ezekiel 22:3 and 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,
- Micah 2:1 Woe 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.
- Micah 2:8 But of late My people have risen up like an enemy: You strip off the splendid robe from unsuspecting passersby like men returning from battle.
- Micah 3:1 Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?