Jeremiah 6:17

New American Bible - revised edition

I raised up watchmen for them: “Pay attention to the sound of the trumpet!” But they said, “We will not pay attention!”

Cross References

Isaiah 21:11

Oracle on Dumah: They call to me from Seir, “Watchman, how much longer the night? Watchman, how much longer the night?”

Isaiah 56:10

All the sentinels of Israel are blind, they are without knowledge; They are all mute dogs, unable to bark; Dreaming, reclining, loving their sleep.

Isaiah 58:1

Cry out full-throated and unsparingly, lift up your voice like a trumpet blast; Proclaim to my people their transgression, to the house of Jacob their sins.

Isaiah 62:6

Upon your walls, Jerusalem, I have stationed sentinels; By day and by night, they shall never be silent. You who are to remind the Lord, take no rest,

Jeremiah 18:12

But they will say, “No use! We will follow our own devices; each one of us will behave according to the stubbornness of our evil hearts!”

Jeremiah 25:4

The Lord kept sending you all his servants the prophets, but you refused to listen or pay attention

Jeremiah 6:18

Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O earth, what I will do with them:

Jeremiah 7:28

Say to them: This is the nation which does not listen to the voice of the Lord, its God, or take correction. Faithfulness has disappeared; the word itself is banished from their speech.

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then do these people resist with persistent rebellion? Why do they cling to deception, refuse to turn back?

Ezekiel 3:7

But the house of Israel will refuse to listen to you, since they refuse to listen to me. For the whole house of Israel is stubborn of brow and hard of heart.

Hosea 8:1

Put the trumpet to your lips! One like an eagle is over the house of the Lord! Because they have violated my covenant, and rebelled against my law,

Habakkuk 2:1

I will stand at my guard post, and station myself upon the rampart; I will keep watch to see what he will say to me, and what answer he will give to my complaint.

Zechariah 1:4

Do not be like your ancestors to whom the earlier prophets proclaimed: Thus says the Lord of hosts: Turn from your evil ways and from your wicked deeds. But they did not listen or pay attention to me—oracle of the Lord.—

Zechariah 7:11

But they refused to listen; they stubbornly turned their backs and stopped their ears so as not to hear.

Hebrews 13:17

Obey your leaders and defer to them, for they keep watch over you and will have to give an account, that they may fulfill their task with joy and not with sorrow, for that would be of no advantage to you.