As a fountain casteth out - Better, As a cistern “cools.”

Before me ... - Before My face continually there is disease and woun…

As a fountain casteth out her waters. —The English is plain enough, but the Hebrew presents two difficulties:

1. Th…

The Prophet expands on what he had said in the last verse, for he had shown, by mentioning one kind of evil, that Jerusalem was a den of thieves, a…

As a fountain casts out her waters
In great abundance, and continually: so she casts out her wickedness ;
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Whatever methods are used, it is vain to contend with God's judgments. The more we indulge in the pleasures of this life, the more we make ourselve…

Here, the prophet speaks of the cause of the siege—namely, the sin that caused it. He makes three points concerning this.

1. He speaks of…