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


In Context

14 And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, 'Peace, peace!' and there is no peace.

15 They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, Yea, blushing they have not known, Therefore they do fall among those falling, In the time I have inspected them, They stumble, said Jehovah.

16 Thus said Jehovah: Stand ye by the ways and see, and ask for paths of old, Where is this — the good way? and go ye in it, And find rest for yourselves. And they say, 'We do not go.'

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

18 Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O company, That which is upon them.

19 Hear, O earth, lo, I am bringing evil on this people, The fruit of their devices, For to My words they gave no attention, And My law — they kick against 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 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.