Jeremiah 6:17

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Summary

Jeremiah 6:17

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

I

Hearken

Isaiah 58:1

Hosea 8:1

Amos 3:6

We

Zechariah 7:11

Bible References

I

And Jehovah sent to you all his servants the prophets, rising early and sending; and ye heard not, and ye inclined not your ear to hear.

The burden of Dumah. He called to me from Seir, Watch, what of the night? watch, what of the night?

Look about, ye blind; they all knew not, they all dumb dogs, they shall not be able to bark; dreaming, lying down, loving to slumber.

Son of man, I gave thee a watchman to the house of Israel: and hear thou the word from my mouth, and admonish them from me.

Son of man, speak to the sons of thy people and say to them, A land, when I shall bring the sword upon her, and the people of the land took one man from their extremities, and they gave him to them for a watchman.

I will stand upon my watch, and be set me upon the fortress, and I will watch to see what he will speak in me, and what I shall turn back upon my reproof.

For I concealed not to announce to you all the counsel of God.

Believe them guiding you, and yield: (for they watch vigilantly for your souls, as going to return the word.) that with joy they might do this, and not lamenting: for this unprofitable for you.

Hearken

Call with the throat; thou shalt not spare; as a trumpet lift up thy voice, and announce to my people their transgression, and to the house of Jacob their sin.

The trumpet to thy mouth: as an eagle upon the house of Jehovah, because they passed by my covenant and they transgressed against my laws.

If the trumpet shall be struck in the city and the people not be terrified? if evil shall be in the city and Jehovah did not?

We

And they will refuse to attend, and they will give a stubborn shoulder, and their ears they made heavy from hearing.