Jeremiah 6:11

"To whom should I speak and testify, that they may hear? Behold, their ear is uncircumcised, and they can’t listen. Behold, the LORD’s word has become a reproach to them. They have no delight in it."

Key Reflection

This passage highlights the stubbornness of those who reject God's message, comparing their ears to being uncircumcised and unable to hear. The Lord’s word is rejected and disdained by such individuals, indicating a heart unwilling to receive divine truths.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Or, But I am filled with “the fury of Yahweh: I am weary with holding” it “in.” Pour it out “upon the children” in the street, and upon the company of youths “together;” for both man and “wife shall be taken;” the older and he whose days are full. With emphatic abruptness Jeremiah bids himself give full utterance to God’s message. And the message is to reach all. Five stages of human life are successively marked out.

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