Jeremiah 6:17 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hear and obey the sound of the trumpet! But they said, We will not listen or obey.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹⁷ Still, I have appointed watchmen to warn you. But you said, “We won’t listen!”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ And I appointed watchers over you, saying: 'Listen for the sound of the trumpet.' And they said: 'We will not listen.'

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Jeremiah 6:17 Cross References

Isaiah 21:11

The burden of Dumah. One calleth unto me out of Seir, Watchman, what of the night? Watchman, what of the night?

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are blind, they are all without knowledge; they are all dumb dogs, they cannot bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Isaiah 58:1

Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and declare unto my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sins.

Isaiah 62:6

I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem; they shall never hold their peace day nor night: ye that are the LORD'S remembrancers, take ye no rest,

Jeremiah 18:12

But they say, There is no hope: for we will walk after our own devices, and we will do every one after the stubbornness of his evil heart.

Jeremiah 25:4

And the LORD hath sent unto you all his servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye have not hearkened, nor inclined your ear to hear;

Jeremiah 6:18

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

Jeremiah 7:28

And thou shalt say unto them, This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of the LORD their God, nor received instruction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

Ezekiel 3:7

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto thee; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are of an hard forehead and of a stiff heart.

Hosea 8:1

SET the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of the LORD: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

Habakkuk 2:1

I will stand upon my watch, and set me upon the tower, and will look forth to see what he will speak with me, and what I shall answer concerning my complaint.

Zechariah 1:4

Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Return ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to hearken, and pulled away the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Hebrews 13:17

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit to them: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this were unprofitable for you.