Jeremiah 6:17
King James Version (KJV)
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
In context
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 Also 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, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Jeremiah 6:17 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
- WEB World English Bible
- I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen!’
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
- ASV American Standard Version
- And I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, 'We do not attend.'
- DBY Darby Translation
- Also I have set watchmen over you: — Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
- WBS Webster Bible
- Also I set watchmen over you, saying , Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.