10 Who can I speak to and give such a warning[a]
that they will listen?
Look, their ear is uncircumcised,[b](A)
so they cannot pay attention.
See, the word of the Lord has become contemptible to them—
they find no pleasure in it.(B)
11 But I am full of the Lord’s wrath;
I am tired of holding it back.(C)
Pour it out on the children in the street,(D)
on the gang of young men as well.
For both husband and wife will be captured,
the old with the very old.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:10 Or and bear witness
  2. Jeremiah 6:10 They are unresponsive to God.
  3. Jeremiah 6:11 Lit with fullness of days

10 To whom can I speak and give warning?
    Who will listen(A) to me?
Their ears are closed[a](B)
    so they cannot hear.(C)
The word(D) of the Lord is offensive to them;
    they find no pleasure in it.
11 But I am full of the wrath(E) of the Lord,
    and I cannot hold it in.(F)

“Pour it out on the children in the street
    and on the young men(G) gathered together;
both husband and wife will be caught in it,
    and the old, those weighed down with years.(H)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:10 Hebrew uncircumcised

If I say, “I won’t mention Him
or speak any longer in His name,”
His message becomes a fire burning in my heart,(A)
shut up in my bones.
I become tired of holding it in,
and I cannot prevail.

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But if I say, “I will not mention his word
    or speak anymore in his name,”(A)
his word is in my heart like a fire,(B)
    a fire shut up in my bones.
I am weary of holding it in;(C)
    indeed, I cannot.

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