17Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen.


In Context

14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

15 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? no, 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 be cast down, said the LORD.

16 Thus said the LORD, Stand you in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and you shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

17 Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen.

18 Therefore hear, you nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.

19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil on this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not listened to my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.

Jeremiah 6:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

6:17Also I set watchmen over you, [saying,] Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

6:17I appointed watchmen over you and said, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But you said, 'We will not listen.'

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

6:17And I appointed watchmen over you, saying: Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. And they said: We will not hearken.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

6:17And I set watchmen over you,'saying , Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17Also I have set watchmen over you: Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

6:17And I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17I set watchmen over you, saying, 'Listen to the sound of the trumpet!' But they said, 'We will not listen!'

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

6:17And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, 'We do not attend.'