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


In Context

14 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. 'Peace, peace,' they say, when there is no peace.

15 Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them," says the Lord .

16 This is what the Lord says: "Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, 'We will not walk in it.'

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

18 Therefore hear, O nations; observe, O witnesses, what will happen to them.

19 Hear, O earth: I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to my words and have rejected 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 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.'

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.