Jeremiah 6:10

I answered, ¹  “Who would listen if I spoke to them and warned them? ²  Their ears are so closed ³  that they cannot hear! Indeed, ⁴  what the Lord says is offensive to them. They do not like it at all. ⁵ 

Ex 6:12; De 29:4; 2Ch 36:15,16; Ps 1:2; Ps 40:8; Ps 119:16,24,35,70,77,174; Isa 6:9,10; Isa 28:9-13; Isa 42:23-25; Isa 53:1; Jer 4:4; Jer 5:4,5; Jer 7:26; Jer 20:8,9; Eze 3:18-21; Eze 33:3,9; Am 7:10; Mt 3:7; Lu 11:45; Lu 20:19; Joh 7:7; Joh 9:40; Ac 7:51,60; Ro 7:22; Col 1:28; 2Ti 4:3; Heb 11:7

¹ tn These words are not in the text but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

² tn Or “To whom shall I speak? To whom shall I give warning? Who will listen?” Heb “Unto whom shall I speak and give warning that they may listen?”

³ tn Heb “are uncircumcised.”

⁴ tn Heb “Behold!”

⁵ tn Heb “They do not take pleasure in it.”