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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. <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/6.htm">New Living Translation</a> To whom can I give warning? Who will listen when I speak? Their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. They scorn the word of the LORD. They don’t want to listen at all. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/6.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/6.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/6.htm">New King James Version</a> 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. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> 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 for them a rebuke; They take no delight in it. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/6.htm">NASB 1995</a> 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. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a> 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. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, And they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of Yahweh has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a> To whom shall I (Jeremiah) speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed [absolutely deaf to God] And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reprimand and an object of scorn to them; They have no delight in it. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Who can I speak to and give such a warning that they will listen? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, so they cannot pay attention. See, the word of the LORD has become contemptible to them — they find no pleasure in it. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Who can I speak to and give such a warning that they will listen? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, so they cannot pay attention. See, the word of the LORD has become contemptible to them— they find no pleasure in it. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/6.htm">American Standard Version</a> To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I have told the people that you, LORD, will punish them, but they just laugh and refuse to listen. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/6.htm">English Revised Version</a> To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken: behold, the word of the LORD is become unto them a reproach; they have no delight in it. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Whom can I speak to? Whom can I give a warning to? Who will listen? Their ears are plugged, and they aren't able to pay attention. When the LORD speaks his word to them, they show contempt for it and object to it. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/6.htm">Good News Translation</a> I answered, "Who would listen to me if I spoke to them and warned them? They are stubborn and refuse to listen to your message; they laugh at what you tell me to say. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/6.htm">International Standard Version</a> To whom will I speak and give a warning so they'll listen? Look, their ears are closed, and they cannot hear. Look, this message from the LORD is contemptible to them; they don't delight in it. <a href="/net/jeremiah/6.htm">NET Bible</a> I answered, "Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? Their ears are so closed that they cannot hear! Indeed, what the LORD says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> To whom shall I speak and testify, that they may hear? Look, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can't listen. Look, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it. <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/jeremiah/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> To whom can I give this warning? Who will listen to me? Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; they find no pleasure in it. <a href="/web/jeremiah/6.htm">World English Bible</a> To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, Yahweh’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Behold, their ear [is] uncircumcised, "" And they are not able to attend. Behold, a word of YHWH has been to them for a reproach, "" They do not delight in it. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> To whom do I speak, and testify, and they hear? Lo, their ear is uncircumcised, And they are not able to attend. Lo, a word of Jehovah hath been to them for a reproach, They delight not in it. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> To whom shall I speak and testify, and they will hear? behold, their ear being uncircumcised, and they shall not be able to hearken: behold, the word of Jehovah was to them for a reproach; they will not delight in it.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> To whom shall I speak? and to whom shall I testify, that he may hear? behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and they cannot hear: behold the word of the Lord is become unto them a reproach: and and they will not receive it. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> To whom should I speak, and to whom should I testify, so as to be heard? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised, and so they are unable to hear. Behold, for them, the word of the Lord has become a disgrace. And so they will not accept it. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/6.htm">New American Bible</a> To whom shall I speak? whom shall I warn, and be heard? See! their ears are uncircumcised, they cannot pay attention; See, the word of the LORD has become for them an object of scorn, for which they have no taste. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? See, their ears are closed, they cannot listen. The word of the LORD is to them an object of scorn; they take no pleasure in it.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> To whom shall I speak and give warning, that they may hear? Behold, their ears are dull and they cannot hear; behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> To whom will I speak and will I call to witness to hear? Behold, their ears are uncircumcised and are unable to hear; behold, the word of LORD JEHOVAH was to them a reproach, and they have no pleasure in it<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> To whom shall I speak and give warning, That they may hear? Behold, their ear is dull, And they cannot attend; Behold, the word of the LORD is become unto them a reproach, They have no delight in it. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> To whom shall I speak, and testify, that he may hearken? behold, thine ears are uncircumcised, and they shall not be able to hear: behold, the word of the Lord is become to them a reproach, they will not at all desire it. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1822" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/6.htm">Jerusalem's Final Warning</a> …9This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Glean the remnant of Israel as thoroughly as a vine. Pass your hand once more like a grape gatherer over the branches.” 10<a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">To</a> <a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">whom</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: ’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh (V-Piel-Imperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">can I give</a> <a href="/hebrew/5749.htm" title="5749: wə·’ā·‘î·ḏāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- A primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify; intensively, to encompass, restore.">this warning?</a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: wə·yiš·mā·‘ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">Who will listen to me?</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">Look,</a> <a href="/hebrew/241.htm" title="241: ’ā·zə·nām (N-fsc:: 3mp) -- An ear. From 'azan; broadness. I.e. the ear.">their ears</a> <a href="/hebrew/6189.htm" title="6189: ‘ă·rê·lāh (Adj-fs) -- Having foreskin (uncircumcised). Rom arel; properly, exposed, i.e. Projecting loose; used only technically, uncircumcised.">are closed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">so they cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: yū·ḵə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7181.htm" title="7181: lə·haq·šîḇ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To incline (ears), attend. A primitive root; to prick up the ears, i.e. Hearken.">hear.</a> <a href="/hebrew/2009.htm" title="2009: hin·nêh (Interjection) -- Lo! behold! Prolongation for hen; lo!">See,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: ḏə·ḇar- (N-msc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the word</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">has become</a> <a href="/hebrew/2781.htm" title="2781: lə·ḥer·pāh (Prep-l:: N-fs) -- A reproach. From charaph. contumely, disgrace, the pudenda.">offensive</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·hem (Prep:: 3mp) -- ">to them;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">they find no</a> <a href="/hebrew/2654.htm" title="2654: yaḥ·pə·ṣū- (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- A primitive root; properly, to incline to; by implication to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire.">pleasure</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">in it.</a> 11But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a> And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.” <a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm">Ezekiel 3:7</a> But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted. <a href="/matthew/13-14.htm">Matthew 13:14-15</a> In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving. / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ <a href="/acts/28-26.htm">Acts 28:26-27</a> ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’ <a href="/romans/11-8.htm">Romans 11:8</a> as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” <a href="/zechariah/7-11.htm">Zechariah 7:11-12</a> But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing. / They made their hearts like flint and would not listen to the law or to the words that the LORD of Hosts had sent by His Spirit through the earlier prophets. Therefore great anger came from the LORD of Hosts. <a href="/john/12-39.htm">John 12:39-40</a> For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: / “He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, so that they cannot see with their eyes, and understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.” <a href="/isaiah/42-20.htm">Isaiah 42:20</a> Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.” <a href="/mark/4-12.htm">Mark 4:12</a> so that, ‘they may be ever seeing but never perceiving, and ever hearing but never understanding; otherwise they might turn and be forgiven.’” <a href="/hebrews/5-11.htm">Hebrews 5:11</a> We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing. <a href="/2_timothy/4-3.htm">2 Timothy 4:3-4</a> For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires. / So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. <a href="/amos/8-11.htm">Amos 8:11-12</a> Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord GOD, when I will send a famine on the land—not a famine of bread or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the LORD. / People will stagger from sea to sea and roam from north to east, seeking the word of the LORD, but they will not find it. <a href="/isaiah/30-9.htm">Isaiah 30:9-10</a> These are rebellious people, deceitful children, children unwilling to obey the LORD’s instruction. / They say to the seers, “Stop seeing visions!” and to the prophets, “Do not prophesy to us the truth! Speak to us pleasant words; prophesy illusions. <a href="/2_thessalonians/2-10.htm">2 Thessalonians 2:10-12</a> and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them. / For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie, / in order that judgment may come upon all who have disbelieved the truth and delighted in wickedness. <a href="/psalms/58-4.htm">Psalm 58:4-5</a> Their venom is like the venom of a snake, like a cobra that shuts its ears, / refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot listen: behold, the word of the LORD is to them a reproach; they have no delight in it.To whom.<a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Jeremiah 5:4,5</a> Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God… <a href="/isaiah/28-9.htm">Isaiah 28:9-13</a> Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts… <a href="/isaiah/53-1.htm">Isaiah 53:1</a> Who hath believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed?give.<a href="/ezekiel/3-18.htm">Ezekiel 3:18-21</a> When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand… <a href="/ezekiel/33-3.htm">Ezekiel 33:3,9</a> If when he seeth the sword come upon the land, he blow the trumpet, and warn the people; … <a href="/matthew/3-7.htm">Matthew 3:7</a> But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?their ear.<a href="/jeremiah/4-4.htm">Jeremiah 4:4</a> Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.<a href="/jeremiah/7-26.htm">Jeremiah 7:26</a> Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.<a href="/exodus/6-12.htm">Exodus 6:12</a> And Moses spake before the LORD, saying, Behold, the children of Israel have not hearkened unto me; how then shall Pharaoh hear me, who am of uncircumcised lips?the word.<a href="/jeremiah/20-8.htm">Jeremiah 20:8,9</a> For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily… <a href="/2_chronicles/36-15.htm">2 Chronicles 36:15,16</a> And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: … <a href="/amos/7-10.htm">Amos 7:10</a> Then Amaziah the priest of Bethel sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying, Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel: the land is not able to bear all his words.delight.<a href="/psalms/1-2.htm">Psalm 1:2</a> But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.<a href="/psalms/40-8.htm">Psalm 40:8</a> I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.<a href="/psalms/119-16.htm">Psalm 119:16,24,35,70,77,174</a> I will delight myself in thy statutes: I will not forget thy word… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/2-28.htm">Able</a> <a href="/isaiah/51-4.htm">Attend</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-2.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-28.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-11.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-11.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-1.htm">Dull</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-21.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-21.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-21.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-2.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-3.htm">Note</a> <a href="/proverbs/14-35.htm">Object</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-24.htm">Offensive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-4.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-28.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-25.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-14.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/isaiah/42-19.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-12.htm">Testify</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-1.htm">Uncircumcised</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-8.htm">Warning</a> <a href="/1_john/1-2.htm">Witnessing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-14.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/6-15.htm">Able</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-17.htm">Attend</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-17.htm">Attention</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-3.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-54.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-24.htm">Delight</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-1.htm">Dull</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm">Ears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">Hear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-17.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Note</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-4.htm">Object</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-13.htm">Offensive</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-20.htm">Pleasure</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-15.htm">Reproach</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-16.htm">Scorn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-15.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-22.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/jeremiah/41-8.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-7.htm">Testify</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">Uncircumcised</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-7.htm">Warning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-7.htm">Witnessing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-1.htm">Word</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 6</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/6-1.htm">The enemies sent against Judah,</a> 4. <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">encourage themselves.</a> 6. <a href="/jeremiah/6-6.htm">God sets them on work because of their sins.</a> 9. <a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm">The prophet laments the judgments of God because of their sins.</a> 18. <a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">He proclaims God's wrath.</a> 26. <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">He calls the people to mourn for the judgment on their sins.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Jeremiah, known as the "weeping prophet," is expressing his frustration and sorrow over the people's unwillingness to heed God's warnings. This reflects the broader context of his ministry, where he often faced rejection and hostility. The question highlights the prophet's isolation and the spiritual blindness of the people. It echoes the sentiments of other prophets, such as Isaiah, who also lamented the people's hard-heartedness (<a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a>).Who will listen to me? This rhetorical question underscores the widespread apathy and resistance among the people of Judah. It suggests a deep-seated spiritual deafness, a theme prevalent in the prophetic literature. The people's refusal to listen is not just a rejection of Jeremiah but of God Himself, as the prophet speaks on God's behalf. This mirrors the New Testament, where Jesus often encountered similar resistance (<a href="/matthew/13-13.htm">Matthew 13:13-15</a>).Look, their ears are closed, so they cannot hear. The imagery of closed ears signifies a deliberate choice to ignore God's message. In the ancient Near Eastern context, hearing was synonymous with obedience. Thus, closed ears indicate a refusal to obey. This condition is not just physical but spiritual, reflecting a hardened heart. The Apostle Paul later describes a similar condition in <a href="/romans/11-8.htm">Romans 11:8</a>, where God gives people over to a "spirit of stupor."See, the word of the LORD has become offensive to them; The word "offensive" suggests that the people find God's message intolerable or burdensome. This reaction is indicative of a society that has strayed far from God's covenant. The offense taken at God's word is a recurring theme in Scripture, seen in the rejection of Jesus' teachings by many of His contemporaries (<a href="/john/6-60.htm">John 6:60-66</a>). It highlights the human tendency to resist divine truth when it challenges personal desires or societal norms.they find no pleasure in it. This phrase indicates a complete lack of delight or joy in God's word, contrasting with the psalmist's attitude in <a href="/psalms/119-103.htm">Psalm 119:103</a>, where God's words are described as "sweeter than honey." The absence of pleasure in God's word suggests a spiritual decay and a preference for worldly pleasures over divine truth. This condition is a warning to all believers about the dangers of becoming desensitized to God's voice.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. His ministry was marked by deep personal struggle and opposition from those he was sent to warn. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent disobedience and idolatry. Jeremiah's prophecies were directed primarily at this kingdom. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD</a> The covenant God of Israel, who is both just and merciful. He sends prophets like Jeremiah to call His people back to faithfulness. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_people_of_judah.htm">The People of Judah</a> The audience of Jeremiah's message, characterized by their hardened hearts and refusal to heed God's warnings. 5. <a href="/topical/t/the_word_of_the_lord.htm">The Word of the LORD</a> The divine message given to Jeremiah, which was meant to guide, correct, and warn the people of Judah.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_deafness.htm">Spiritual Deafness</a> Just as the people of Judah had closed their ears to God's word, we must examine our own hearts to ensure we are receptive to His voice. Are there areas in our lives where we are resistant to God's guidance? <a href="/topical/t/the_offense_of_truth.htm">The Offense of Truth</a> The word of the LORD was offensive to the people of Judah. In our culture, biblical truth can also be offensive. We must be prepared to stand firm in our faith, even when it is countercultural. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a> Jeremiah's role was to speak truth, regardless of the response. As Christians, we are called to share God's truth with love and courage, trusting Him with the results. <a href="/topical/f/finding_pleasure_in_god's_word.htm">Finding Pleasure in God's Word</a> Unlike the people of Judah, who found no pleasure in God's word, we are encouraged to delight in Scripture, allowing it to transform our lives.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 6</a> <a href="/q/how_does_free_will_justify_evil.htm">Will you heed the warnings and remain faithful?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer._18_fit_with_god's_omniscience.htm">Jeremiah 18 portrays God as learning from people's actions; how does that reconcile with the belief in His omniscience?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_forbid_prayer_in_jeremiah_7_16.htm">Jeremiah 7:16: Why would God forbid prayer for the people here, contradicting other scriptures urging intercession?</a> <a href="/q/do_jer._15_3_punishments_conflict_with_god's_love.htm">The graphic punishments in Jeremiah 15:3 seem excessively harsh. Do they conflict with the concept of a just and loving God found elsewhere in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(10) To whom shall I speak . . .?--The prophet, who now speaks in his own name, has heard the message from the Lord of Hosts; but what avails it? who will listen? As elsewhere the lips (<a href="/exodus/6-30.htm" title="And Moses said before the LORD, Behold, I am of uncircumcised lips, and how shall Pharaoh listen to me?">Exodus 6:30</a>) and the heart (<a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm" title="And that I also have walked contrary to them, and have brought them into the land of their enemies; if then their uncircumcised hearts be humbled, and they then accept of the punishment of their iniquity:">Leviticus 26:41</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm" title="In that you have brought into my sanctuary strangers, uncircumcised in heart, and uncircumcised in flesh, to be in my sanctuary, to pollute it, even my house, when you offer my bread, the fat and the blood, and they have broken my covenant because of all your abominations.">Ezekiel 44:7</a>), so here the ear of Israel was uncircumcised, as though it had never been brought into covenant with Jehovah or consecrated to His service.A reproach.--i.e., the object of their scorn.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 10. - Their ear is uncircumcised; covered as it were with a foreskin, which prevents the prophetic message from finding admittance. Elsewhere it is the heart (<a href="/leviticus/26-41.htm">Leviticus 26:41</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/44-7.htm">Ezekiel 44:7</a>), or the lips (<a href="/exodus/6-12.htm">Exodus 6:12</a>) which are said to be "circumcised;" a passage in Stephen's speech applies the epithet both to the heart and to the ears (<a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>To עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against whom מִ֨י (mî) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix can I give אֲדַבְּרָ֤ה (’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh) Verb - Piel - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue this warning? וְאָעִ֙ידָה֙ (wə·’ā·‘î·ḏāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5749.htm">Strong's 5749: </a> To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore Who will listen [to me]? וְיִשְׁמָ֔עוּ (wə·yiš·mā·‘ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently Look, הִנֵּה֙ (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! their ears אָזְנָ֔ם (’ā·zə·nām) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_241.htm">Strong's 241: </a> Broadness, the ear are closed, עֲרֵלָ֣ה (‘ă·rê·lāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6189.htm">Strong's 6189: </a> Having foreskin (uncircumcised) so they cannot וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no hear. לְהַקְשִׁ֑יב (lə·haq·šîḇ) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7181.htm">Strong's 7181: </a> To prick up the ears, hearken See, הִנֵּ֣ה (hin·nêh) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2009.htm">Strong's 2009: </a> Lo! behold! the word דְבַר־ (ḏə·ḇar-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause of the LORD יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel has become הָיָ֥ה (hā·yāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be offensive to them; לְחֶרְפָּ֖ה (lə·ḥer·pāh) Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2781.htm">Strong's 2781: </a> Contumely, disgrace, the pudenda they find no לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no pleasure in it. יַחְפְּצוּ־ (yaḥ·pə·ṣū-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2654.htm">Strong's 2654: </a> To incline to, to bend, to be pleased with, desire <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/6-10.htm">Jeremiah 6:10 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-10.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 6:10 To whom shall I speak and testify (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/6-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 6:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 6:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 6:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 6:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>