Jeremiah 6:10

Jeremiah 6:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the Lord is unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it.
• New International Version (NIV)To whom can I speak and give warning? Who will listen to me? Their ears are closed so they cannot hear. The word of the Lord is offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot listen; behold, the word of the Lord is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Indeed their ear is uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.

Context of Jeremiah 6:10

8Be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited.” 9Thus says the Lord of hosts, “They will thoroughly glean as the vine the remnant of Israel; Pass your hand again like a grape gatherer Over the branches.” To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the Lord has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it. 11But I am full of the wrath of the Lord; I am weary with holding it in. “Pour it out on the children in the street And on the gathering of young men together; For both husband and wife shall be taken, The aged and the very old. 12Their houses shall be turned over to others, Their fields and their wives together; For I will stretch out My hand Against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 6:10 word by word

עַל־מִ֨י אֲדַבְּרָ֤ה וְאָעִ֙ידָה֙ וְיִשְׁמָ֔עוּ הִנֵּה֙ עֲרֵלָ֣ה אָזְנָ֔ם וְלֹ֥א יוּכְל֖וּ לְהַקְשִׁ֑יב הִנֵּ֣ה דְבַר־יְהוָ֗ה הָיָ֥ה לָהֶ֛ם לְחֶרְפָּ֖ה לֹ֥א יַחְפְּצוּ־בֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• To whomמִיmîy · who?H4310
• shall I speakדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696
• and giveעוּד‛ûd · to testifyH5749
• warningעוּד‛ûd · to testifyH5749
• That they may hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• Beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• earsאֹ֫זֶן'ôzen · earH241
• closedעָרֵל‛ârêl · uncircumcisedH6189
• And they cannotיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• And they cannotלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• listenקָשַׁבqâshab · to listenH7181
• the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has becomeהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• a reproachחֶרְפָּהcherpâh · reproachH2781
• They haveחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654
• delightחָפֵץchâphêts · to delight inH2654

Cross-references for Jeremiah 6:10

• Jeremiah 5:4Then I said, “They are only the poor, They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the Lord Or the ordinance of their God.
• Isaiah 28:9“To whom would He teach knowledge, And to whom would He interpret the message? Those just weaned from milk? Those just taken from the breast?
• Isaiah 53:1Who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
• Ezekiel 3:18When I say to the wicked, ‘You will surely die,’ and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his blood I will require at your hand.
• Ezekiel 33:3and he sees the sword coming upon the land and blows on the trumpet and warns the people,
• Matthew 3:7But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
• Colossians 1:28We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ.
• Hebrews 11:7By faith Noah, being warned by God about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
• Jeremiah 4:4Circumcise yourselves to the Lord And remove the foreskins of your heart, Men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem, Or else My wrath will go forth like fire And burn with none to quench it, Because of the evil of your deeds.”
• Jeremiah 7:26Yet they did not listen to Me or incline their ear, but stiffened their neck; they did more evil than their fathers.
• Exodus 6:12But Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, “Behold, the sons of Israel have not listened to me; how then will Pharaoh listen to me, for I am unskilled in speech?”
• Deuteronomy 29:4Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart to know, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.
• Isaiah 6:9He said, “Go, and tell this people: ‘Keep on listening, but do not perceive; Keep on looking, but do not understand.’
• Isaiah 42:23Who among you will give ear to this? Who will give heed and listen hereafter?
• Acts 7:51“You men who are stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just as your fathers did.
• Jeremiah 20:8For each time I speak, I cry aloud; I proclaim violence and destruction, Because for me the word of the Lord has resulted In reproach and derision all day long.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10The word of the Lord is unto them a reproach - It is an object of derision; they despise it.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 When the Lord arises to take vengeance, no sinners of any age or rank, or of either sex escape. They were set upon the world, and wholly carried away by the love of it. If we judge of this sin by God's word, we find multitudes in every station and rank given up to it. Those are to be reckoned our worst and most dangerous enemies, who flatter us in a sinful way. Oh that men would be wise for their souls! Ask for the old paths; the way of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10The people could hear because their replies were full of scorn, but they did not take the Lord’s message seriously (see Acts 7:51).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. ear is uncircumcised--closed against the precepts of God by the foreskin of carnality (Le 26:41; Eze 44:7; Ac 7:51). word ... reproach--(Jr 20:8).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 6:10

• Circumcision
• Impenitence
• Word of God

In the dictionaries

• Circumcision
• Cruel
• Mount
• Reprobate
• Wallow
• Jeremiah (2)
• Sheshach

Commentaries on Jeremiah 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings