Jeremiah 6:17 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁷ “And I raised up watchmen over you, and said, ‘Listen to the sound of the ram’s horn!’ But they said, ‘We do not listen.’

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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.'

Jeremiah 6:17 Cross References

Isaiah 21:11

The message concerning Dumah. He calls to me out of Sĕ

Isaiah 56:10

His watchmen are blind, all of them, they have not known. All of them are dumb dogs, unable to bark, dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Isaiah 58:1

“Cry aloud, do not spare. Lift up your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression, and the house of Yaʽ

Isaiah 62:6

I have set watchmen on your walls, O Yerushalayim, all the day and all the night, continually, who are not silent. You who remember יהוה, give yourselves no rest,

Jeremiah 18:12

But they shall say, “It is no use! For we walk according to our own plans, and we do each one the stubbornness of his evil heart.”

Jeremiah 25:4

“Moreover, יהוה  has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear,

Jeremiah 6:18

“Therefore hear, you nations, and know, O congregation, what is upon them!

Jeremiah 7:28

“But you shall say to them, ‘This is a nation that did not obey the voice of יהוה  their Elohim, nor did they accept instruction. Truth has perished and has been cut off from their mouth.

Jeremiah 8:5

“Why then has this people, Yerushalayim, turned away in a continual backsliding? They cling to deceit, they refuse to turn back.

Ezekiel 3:7

“But the house of Yisra’ĕ

Hosea 8:1

“Put the ram’s horn to your mouth, like an eagle against the House of יהוה, because they have transgressed My covenant, and they have rebelled against My Torah.

Habakkuk 2:1

I stand at my watch, and station myself on the watch-tower, and wait to see what He says to me, and what to answer when I am reproved.

Zechariah 1:4

“Do not be like your fathers, to whom the former prophets proclaimed, saying, ‘Thus said יהוה  of hosts, “Turn back now from your evil ways and your evil deeds.” ’ But they did not obey or give heed to Me,” declares יהוה.

Zechariah 7:11

“But they refused to listen, and they shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears from hearing.

Hebrews 13:17

Obey those leading you, and be subject to them, for they watch for your lives, as having to give account. Let them do so with joy and not groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.