Jeremiah 6:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I also sent prophets to warn you of danger, but when they sounded the alarm, you paid no attention.

Cross References

Isaiah 21:11

This is a message about Dumah: From the country of Seir, someone shouts to me, “Guard, how much longer before daylight?”

Isaiah 56:10

You leaders of Israel should be watchdogs, protecting my people. But you can't see a thing, and you never warn them. Dozing and daydreaming are all you ever do.

Isaiah 58:1

Shout the message! Don't hold back. Say to my people Israel: You've sinned! You've turned against the LORD.

Isaiah 62:6

Jerusalem, on your walls I have stationed guards, whose duty it is to speak out day and night, without resting. They must remind the LORD

Jeremiah 18:12

But I know you won't listen. You might as well answer, “We don't care what you say. We have made plans to sin, and we are going to be stubborn and do what we want!”

Jeremiah 25:4

The LORD has sent prophets to you time after time, but you refused to listen.

Jeremiah 6:18

So I tell all nations on earth, “Watch what I will do! My people ignored me and rejected my laws. They planned to do evil, and now the evil they planned will happen to them.”

Jeremiah 7:28

So you must say to them: People of Judah, I am the LORD your God, but you have refused to obey me, and you didn't change when I punished you. And now, you no longer even pretend to be faithful to me.

Jeremiah 8:5

So why do you refuse to come back to me? Why do you hold so tightly to your false gods?

Ezekiel 3:7

But the people of Israel will refuse to listen, because they have refused to listen to me. All of them are stubborn and hard-headed,

Hosea 8:1

Sound a warning! Israel, you broke our agreement and ignored my teaching. Now an eagle is swooping down to attack my land.

Habakkuk 2:1

While standing guard on the watchtower, I waited for the LORD's answer, before explaining the reason for my complaint.

Zechariah 1:4

Don't be stubborn like your ancestors. They were warned by the earlier prophets to give up their evil and turn back to me, but they paid no attention.

Zechariah 7:11

But everyone who heard those prophets, stubbornly refused to obey. Instead, they turned their backs on everything my Spirit had commanded the earlier prophets to preach. So I, the LORD, became angry

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and do what they say. They are watching over you, and they must answer to God. So don't make them sad as they do their work. Make them happy. Otherwise, they won't be able to help you at all.