Jeremiah 6:17
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.In other versions
And I set watchmen over you, `saying', Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
ASV
And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.
BBE
Also I have set watchmen over you: -- Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
DBY
I set watchmen over you, [saying], Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not listen.
WEB
And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'
YLT
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
ENG
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
WBT
I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
BSB
In context
15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
16Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.
17Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
18Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
19Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.