Jeremiah 6:17
6:16 Thus 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.Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
KJV
I set watchmen over you, saying, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But they said, ‘We will not listen!’
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Listen to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not listen. ¶
What does Jeremiah 6:17 mean?
Jeremiah 6:17 is a verse in the book of Jeremiah, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include קוּם (qûwm), צָפָה (tsâphâh), קָשַׁב (qâshab). It connects to 35 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.
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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
But my covenant will I establish with Isaac, which Sarah shall bear unto thee at this set time in the next year.
Genesis 21:1And the LORD visited Sarah as he had said, and the LORD did unto Sarah as he had spoken.
Genesis 21:2For Sarah conceived, and bare Abraham a son in his old age, at the set time of which God had spoken to him.
Genesis 47:29And the time drew nigh that Israel must die: and he called his son Joseph, and said unto him, If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt:
Numbers 20:24Aaron shall be gathered unto his people: for he shall not enter into the land which I have given unto the children of Israel, because ye rebelled against my word at the water of Meribah. word: Heb. mouth
Numbers 27:12And the LORD said unto Moses, Get thee up into this mount Abarim, and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 3:23And I besought the LORD at that time, saying,
Deuteronomy 34:5So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD.
1 Samuel 2:5They that were full have hired out themselves for bread; and they that were hungry ceased: so that the barren hath born seven; and she that hath many children is waxed feeble.
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Other verses that share key original-language words with Jeremiah 6:17.
And Moses gave commandment, and they caused it to be proclaimed throughout the camp, saying, Let neither man nor woman make any more work for the offering of the sanctuary. So the people were restrained from bringing.
Genesis 21:16And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot: for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Genesis 27:43Now therefore, my son, obey my voice; and arise, flee thou to Laban my brother to Haran;
Genesis 45:16And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. pleased: Heb. was good in the eyes of Pharaoh
Jeremiah 4:19My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul, the sound of the trumpet, the alarm of war. my very: Heb. the walls of my heart
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What does Jeremiah 6:17 say?
Jeremiah 6:17 (King James Version) reads: "Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken."
Is Jeremiah 6:17 in the Old or New Testament?
Jeremiah 6:17 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Jeremiah.
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