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Jeremiah 6:17

17  iI set watchmen over you, saying,

‘Pay attention to jthe sound of the trumpet!’

But they said, k‘We will not pay attention.’

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Jeremiah 6:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 I appointed watchmen over you and said,

‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’

But you said, ‘We will not listen.’

Jeremiah 6:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

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

Jeremiah 6:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 I posted watchmen over you who said,

‘Listen for the sound of the alarm.’

But you replied,

‘No! We won’t pay attention!’

Jeremiah 6:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 Also, I set watchmen over you, saying,

‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’

But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

Jeremiah 6:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 I set watchmen over you

and told you, ‘Listen for the sound of the war trumpet!’

But they said, ‘We will not listen.’

Jeremiah 6:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 And I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.

Jeremiah 6:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 Also I have set watchmen over you: —Hearken ye to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.

Jeremiah 6:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 I posted watchmen over you. 

Pay attention to the sound of the ram’s horn. 

But you said that you wouldn’t pay attention. 

Jeremiah 6:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 I appointed watchmen over you

and said: Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.

But they protested, “We won’t listen!”

Jeremiah 6:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 Also I raised up sentinels for you:

“Give heed to the sound of the trumpet!”

But they said, “We will not give heed.”

Jeremiah 6:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 And I raised up watchmen over you:

‘Listen attentively to the sound of a horn.’

But they said, ‘We will not listen attentively.’

Jeremiah 6:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 I appointed prophets to warn you. I said,

‘Listen to the sound of the trumpets!’

But you said, ‘We won’t listen.’

Jeremiah 6:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 “And I set watchmen over you, saying,

Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’

But they said, ‘We will not listen.’


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