“For thus hath the Lord of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast a mount against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.”
The warning: 'As a well keeps its water fresh, so she keeps her evil fresh. Violence and destruction resound in her; her sickness and wounds are ever before me.' This verse characterizes Jerusalem as a well of evil: just as a well maintains fresh water through constant flow, Jerusalem maintains fresh evil through constant wickedness. The phrase 'Violence and destruction resound in her' indicates the audible reality of wickedness within the city. The image of 'sickness and wounds...ever before me' (God's perspective) suggests that the city's condition is obvious and visible to God. Theologically, this verse indicates that Jerusalem's pathology is systemic and perpetual; evil flows through the city like water through a well.
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