Jeremiah Chapter 6 verse 17 Holy Bible
And I set watchmen over you, `saying', Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
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And I put watchmen over you, saying, Give attention to the sound of the horn; but they said, We will not give attention.
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Also I have set watchmen over you: -- Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
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Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
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I set watchmen over you, [saying], Listen to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not listen.
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And I have raised up for you watchmen, Attend ye to the voice of the trumpet. And they say, `We do not attend.'
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 17. - Also I set; rather, and I kept raising up (the frequentative perfect). Watchmen; i.e. prophets (Ezekiel 3:17, and part of Isaiah 52:8; Isaiah 56:10). Hearken, etc. probably the words of Jehovah. Standing on their high watch-tower (Habakkuk 2:1), the prophets scrutinize the horizon for the first appearance of danger, and give warning of it by (metaphorically) blowing a trumpet (so Amos 3:6).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(17) Watchmen.--i.e., the sentinels of the army, as in 1Samuel 14:16, giving the signal in this case, not for advance but for retreat (comp. Jeremiah 6:1, and Amos 3:6). The watchmen are, of course (as in Isaiah 52:8; Isaiah 56:10; Ezekiel 3:17; Habakkuk 2:1), the prophets blowing the trumpet of alarm, proclaiming, as in Jeremiah 6:1, the nearness of the invader, and calling on them to flee from the wrath of Jehovah. They call, however, in vain. The people refuse to hearken. . . .
