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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 6:10 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 6:10 |
Strong Concordance |
To whom shall I speak [01696], and give warning [05749], that they may hear [08085]? behold, their ear [0241] is uncircumcised [06189], and they cannot [03201] hearken [07181]: behold, the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] is unto them a reproach [02781]; they have no delight [02654] in it. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
ear is uncircumcised--closed against the precepts of God by the foreskin of carnality (Lev 26:41; Eze 44:7; Act 7:51).
word . . . reproach-- (Jer 20:8). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Give warning - Rather testify.
Reproach - They make the Word of God the object of their ridicule. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Their ear - An uncircumcised ear, signifies the rejecting of instruction; an uncircumcised heart, an obstinate and rebellious will. They cannot - They had brought themselves under that incapacity by their obstinacy and wilfulness. A reproach - They laugh at it, and scorn it. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| The word of the Lord is unto them a reproach - It is an object of derision; they despise it. |
8 For since [01767] I spake [01696], I cried out [02199], I cried [07121] violence [02555] and spoil [07701]; because the word [01697] of the LORD [03068] was made a reproach [02781] unto me, and a derision [07047], daily [03117].
51 Ye stiffnecked [4644] and [2532] uncircumcised [564] in heart [2588] and [2532] ears [3775], ye [5210] do [496] always [104] resist [496] the Holy [40] Ghost [4151]: as [5613] your [5216] fathers [3962] did, so [2532] do ye [5210].
7 In that ye have brought [0935] into my sanctuary strangers [01121] [05236], uncircumcised [06189] in heart [03820], and uncircumcised [06189] in flesh [01320], to be in my sanctuary [04720], to pollute [02490] it, even my house [01004], when ye offer [07126] my bread [03899], the fat [02459] and the blood [01818], and they have broken [06565] my covenant [01285] because [0413] of all your abominations [08441].
41 And that I also have walked [03212] contrary [07147] unto them, and have brought [0935] them into the land [0776] of their enemies [0341]; if then [0176] their uncircumcised [06189] hearts [03824] be humbled [03665], and they then accept [07521] of the punishment of their iniquity [05771]: