Jeremiah 6:7

Good News Translation

As a well keeps its water fresh, so Jerusalem keeps its evil fresh. I hear violence and destruction in the city; sickness and wounds are all I see.

Cross References

Proverbs 4:23

Be careful how you think; your life is shaped by your thoughts.

Isaiah 1:6

From head to foot there is not a healthy spot on your body. You are covered with bruises and sores and open wounds. Your wounds have not been cleaned or bandaged. No medicine has been put on them.

Isaiah 57:20

But evil people are like the restless sea, whose waves never stop rolling in, bringing filth and muck.

Jeremiah 20:8

Whenever I speak, I have to cry out and shout, “Violence! Destruction!” Lord, I am ridiculed and scorned all the time because I proclaim your message.

Jeremiah 30:12

The Lord says to his people, “Your wounds are incurable, your injuries cannot be healed.

Jeremiah 30:13

There is no one to take care of you, no remedy for your sores, no hope of healing for you.

Jeremiah 30:15

Complain no more about your injuries; there is no cure for you. I punished you like this because your sins are many and your wickedness is great.

Jeremiah 32:31

The people of this city have made me angry and furious from the day it was built. I have decided to destroy it

Jeremiah 8:22

Is there no medicine in Gilead? Are there no doctors there? Why, then, have my people not been healed?

Ezekiel 21:29

The visions that you see are false, and the predictions you make are lies. You are wicked and evil, and your day is coming, the day of your final punishment. The sword is going to fall on your necks.

Ezekiel 24:7

There was murder in the city, but the blood was not spilled on the ground where the dust could hide it; it was spilled on a bare rock.

Ezekiel 45:9

The Sovereign Lord said, “You have sinned too long, you rulers of Israel! Stop your violence and oppression. Do what is right and just. You must never again drive my people off their land. I, the Sovereign Lord, am telling you this.

Ezekiel 7:11

Violence produces more wickedness. Nothing of theirs will remain, nothing of their wealth, their splendor, or their glory.

Ezekiel 7:23

“Everything is in confusion—the land is full of murders and the cities are full of violence.

Zephaniah 3:1

Jerusalem is doomed, that corrupt, rebellious city that oppresses its own people.