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


In Context

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

15 Were 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 be cast down, saith the LORD.

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

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

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

19 Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words; and as for my law, they have 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 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.