The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 6:7
Jerusalem like a fountain casting forth evil. A fountain, as mentioned in Scripture, is generally suggestive of a most gracious and abundant supply of the highest good; even as in Jeremiah 2:13 and John 4:14 . How very noteworthy, then, to find that the fountain, which naturally suggests all that is bright, beautiful, and refreshing, should be so turned away from its common place in poetic use as to become the most impressive illustration of Jerusalem's polluted heart! Indeed, an... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 6:7
Sin compared to a fountain. I. THE COMPARISON JUST . For: 1. Naturalness . A fountain or spring bursting out on the hillside excites no surprise as if it were an unheard-of, an extraordinary thing. Nor does the outflow of sin from the human heart. 2. Continence . The streams of each may sing— "But men may come and men may go, But we flow on forever." 3. Having their source " from within ." Out of the depths both alike come. 4. Unchangeableness in... read more