King James Version
Jeremiah 6:17 in the King James Version says “Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Also I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.”
Jeremiah 6:17 · KJV
Were 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.
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.
Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them.
Hear, 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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Also I set”
H6965to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“watchmen”
H6822properly, to lean forward, i.e., to peer into the distance; by implication, to observe, await
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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