Isaiæ 6:7

Nova Vulgata

Sicut effluere facit cisterna aquam suam, sic illa effluere facit malitiam suam; violentia et vastitas auditur in ea, coram me semper afflictio et plaga.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
et tetigit os meum, et dixit : Ecce tetigit hoc labia tua, et auferetur iniquitas tua, et peccatum tuum mundabitur.

Jerome's Latin Vulgate (405)
Sicut frigidam fecit cisterna aquam suam,
sic frigidam fecit malitiam suam.
Iniquitas et vastitas audietur in ea,
coram me semper infirmitas et plaga.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

a fountain: Proverbs 4:23, Isaiah 57:20, James 3:10-12

violence: Jeremiah 20:8, Psalms 55:9-11, Ezekiel 7:11, Ezekiel 7:23, Ezekiel 22:3-12, Ezekiel 24:7, Micah 2:1, Micah 2:2, Micah 2:8-10, Micah 3:1-3, Micah 3:9-12, Micah 7:2, Micah 7:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:11 - filled Isaiah 59:6 - their works Jeremiah 30:15 - for the Jeremiah 32:31 - this city Ezekiel 8:17 - for Ezekiel 12:19 - because Hosea 4:2 - swearing Micah 6:12 - the rich

Gill's Notes on the Bible

As a fountain casteth out her waters,.... In great abundance, and continually:

so she casteth out her wickedness; this metaphor expresses the multitude of her sins, the frequent and constant commission of them, and the source and spring of them, the corrupt fountain of the heart; see Matthew 12:34:

violence and spoil is heard in her; that is, the cry of those that are oppressed and spoiled is heard, and that by the Lord himself, whose ears are open to the cries of the oppressed, and will avenge them:

before me continually is grief and wounds; the poor, who were grieved and wounded by their oppressors; the Lord was an eye and ear witness of their grievances, and would redress them; nor could their enemies expect to escape his wrath, since they were all known to him; or else the sense is, that because of their violence and spoil of the poor, it was continually before the Lord, in his mind and purpose, and he was just ready to bring upon them, by way of punishment for these things, what would grieve and wound them; so Jarchi interprets it, which Kimchi mentions; and to it the Targum agrees,

"the voice of robbers and plunderers is heard in her before me continually, therefore will I bring upon her evil and smiting.''

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 6:7. As a fountain casteth out her waters — The inhabitants are incessant in their acts of iniquity; they do nothing but sin.