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


In Context

14 And they healed the breach of the daughter of my people disgracefully, saying: Peace, peace: and there was no peace.

15 They were confounded, because they commmitted abomination: yea, rather they were not confounded with confusion, and they knew not how to blush: wherefore they shall fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall fall down, saith the Lord.

16 Thus saith the Lord: Stand ye on the ways, and see and ask for the old paths which is the good way, and walk ye in it: and you shall find refreshment for your souls. And they said: we will not walk.

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

18 Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what great things I will do to them.

19 Hear, O earth: Behold I will bring evils upon this people, the fruits of their own thoughts: because they have not heard my words, and they have cast away my law.

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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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