John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:7
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... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:6
For thus hath the Lord of hosts said ,.... To the Chaldeans; for as it was the Lord that brought them out of their own country, and directed them to Jerusalem, and ordered them to prepare war against it; so they were as an army under his command, and he it was that ordered them to do this, and that, and the other thing: the whole affair was of the Lord, and the Jews had more to fear from him, who is the Lord of armies, than from the army of the Chaldeans; for, as they could do nothing... read more