Jeremiah 6:10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 6:9-17

The heads of this paragraph are the very same with those of the last; for precept must be upon precept and line upon line. I. The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem is here threatened. We had before the haste which the Chaldea army made to the war (Jer. 6:4, 5); now here we have the havoc made by the war. How lamentable are the desolations here described! The enemy shall so long quarter among them, and be so insatiable in their thirst after blood and treasure, that they shall seize all they can meet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 6:10

To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear ?.... These are the words of the prophet, despairing of any success by his ministry; suggesting that the people were so universally depraved, that there were none that would hear him; that speaking to them was only beating the air, and that all expostulations, warnings, remonstrances, and testimonies, would signify nothing: behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot hearken ; their ears were stopped with the filth of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 6:10

The word of the Lord is unto them a reproach - It is an object of derision; they despise it. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 6:10

Verse 10 The Prophet here shews there was no reason for him to labor any longer in trying to reform the people, for he spoke to the deaf. He had said before, according to our lecture yesterday, that God was still ready to be reconciled to the Jews, if they repented; but now, referring to himself, he says that his words were wholly lost. Hence he asks a question as respecting a thing strange or unexpected. To whom, he says, shall I speak? and to whom shall I protest? He had indeed, as we found... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 6:1-30

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 6:9-15

It is an all but complete Judgment, which Jehovah foreshows. Unwilling as the people are to hear it, the disclosure must be made. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 6:9-17

The preacher's bitter cry. Profound distress marks the prophet's utterances in this section. The lament over the incorrigible wickedness of men and his own baffled work is loud and long and bitter exceedingly (cf. Christ's tears over Jerusalem; Paul's sorrow over his countrymen). I. WHAT CAUSED THIS BITTER CRY ? His perception of the judgment of God drawing nigh ( Jeremiah 6:9 , Jeremiah 6:12 , Jeremiah 6:15 ). The obstinacy of the people ( Jeremiah 6:10 , Jeremiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 6:10

Their ear is uncircumcised ; covered as it were with a foreskin, which prevents the prophetic message from finding admittance. Elsewhere it is the heart (Le 26:41; Ezekiel 44:7 ), or the lips ( Exodus 6:12 ) which are said to be " circumcised ;" a passage in Stephen's speech applies the epithet both to the heart and to the ears ( Acts 7:51 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 6:10

The uncircumcised ear. I. WHAT IS THIS ? Not a physical defect, although the figure employed seems to tell of some fleshly growth which has formed over the cavity of the ear, and so destroyed the power of hearing. Nor a mental defect. They were acute enough; they readily understood the prophet's meaning when he spoke to them. Their minds were at that very time busy about all sorts of plots and schemes, which they hoped to carry out. Nor was it a moral defect. They knew the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 6:10-11

The indifference of men and the burden of truth. We have here revealed to us a conflict in the mind of the prophet. At first it seems vain for him to speak, for none heed his warnings ( Jeremiah 6:10 ); but then he feels the awful burden of his message compelling utterance. While he looks at his audience he loses heart and sees little good in attempting to influence them; but when he looks within at his trust he finds that this has claims and powers before which he must bow obediently.... read more

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