Jeremiah 6:7

⁵ Arise, and let us go by night, and let us destroy her palaces.

⁶ For thus hath the LORD of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.

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.

⁸ Be thou instructed, O Jerusalem, lest my soul depart from thee; lest I make thee desolate, a land not inhabited.

⁹ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, They shall throughly glean the remnant of Israel as a vine: turn back thine hand as a grapegatherer into the baskets.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: 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.
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.
WEB: As a well produces its waters, so she produces her wickedness. Violence and destruction is heard in her. Sickness and wounds are continually before me.
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.
DARBY: As a well poureth forth her waters, so she poureth forth her wickedness: violence and destruction are heard in her; before me continually are grief and wounds.
BLB: As a fountain wells up with water, so she has dug up her evil; violence and destruction are heard in her, before My face continually [are] sickness and wounds.

ÅB: Som en brønn lar sitt vann velle ut, slik lar den sin ondskap velle ut; vold og ødeleggelse høres i den, sår og slag er alltid for mitt åsyn.
OTB: Som en brønn holder sitt vann friskt, slik strømmer hennes ondskap ut. Vold og ødeleggelse lyder i henne; sykdom og sår er alltid foran meg.
B1930: Som en brønn lar sitt vann velle ut, således lar den sin ondskap velle ut; vold og ødeleggelse høres i den, sår og slag er alltid for mitt åsyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Ezekiel 7:23
Make a chain: for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
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Ezekiel 7:11
Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.
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Jeremiah 20:8
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
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Isaiah 57:20
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
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James 3:10–12
Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
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Micah 3:1–3
And I said, Hear, I pray you, O heads of Jacob, and ye princes of the house of Israel; Is it not for you to know judgment?
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Micah 2:8–10
Even of late my people is risen up as an enemy: ye pull off the robe with the garment from them that pass by securely as men averse from war.
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Ezekiel 22:3–12
Then say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD, The city sheddeth blood in the midst of it, that her time may come, and maketh idols against herself to defile herself.
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