Jeremiah 6:17
“Also I set watchmen ouer you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet: but they said, We wil not hearken.”
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Jeremiah 6:17 Context
15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them, they shall bee cast downe, saith the Lord. 16Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the wayes and see, and aske for the old paths, where is the good way, and walke therein, and ye shall finde rest for your soules: but they said, We will not walke therein. 17Also I set watchmen ouer you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet: but they said, We wil not hearken. 18¶ Therefore heare ye nations, and know, O Congregation what is among them. 19Heare, O earth, behold, I will bring euill vpon this people, euen the fruit of their thoughts, because they haue not hearkened vnto my wordes, nor to my law, but reiected it.
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Other Translations for Jeremiah 6:17
Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
- King James Version
"And I set watchmen over you, {saying,} 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen.'
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And I set watchmen over you, `saying', Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.
- Basic English Bible
Also I have set watchmen over you: -- Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
- Darby Bible
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
- Webster's Bible
I set watchmen over you, saying, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen!'
- World English Bible
And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'
- Youngs Literal Bible
And I set watchmen over you: 'Attend to the sound of the horn', but they said: 'We will not attend.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Jeremiah 6:17
6:17 Trumpet - The voice of his prophet, intimating his loud crying upon the account of eminent danger.