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Jeremiah 6:17

I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’

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ASV

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

KJV

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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9 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤יva.ha.ki.mo.Tiand I raised upH6965 →
עֲלֵיכֶם֙'a.lei.Khemover youH5921 →
צֹפִ֔יםtzo.FimwatchmenH6822 →
הַקְשִׁ֖יבוּhak.Shi.vupay attentionH7181 →
לְק֣וֹלle.Kolto [the] sound ofH6963 →
שׁוֹפָ֑רsho.Fara trumpetH7782 →
וַיֹּאמְר֖וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808 →
נַקְשִֽׁיב׃nak.Shivwe will pay attentionH7181 →

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Jeremiah 25:4And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear.Isaiah 58:1“Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice like a ram’s horn. Declare to My people their transgression and to the house of Jacob their sins.Isaiah 62:6On your walls, O Jerusalem, I have posted watchmen; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the LORD shall take no rest for yourselves,Isaiah 21:11This is the burden against Dumah: One calls to me from Seir, “Watchman, what is left of the night? Watchman, what is left of the night?”Zechariah 7:11But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.Ezekiel 3:17“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.Ezekiel 33:4Then if anyone hears the sound of the horn but fails to heed the warning, and the sword comes and takes him away, his blood will be on his own head.Habakkuk 2:1I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I should answer when corrected.Isaiah 56:10Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying around, loving to slumber.Numbers 10:9When you enter into battle in your land against an adversary who attacks you, sound short blasts on the trumpets, and you will be remembered before the LORD your God and saved from your enemies.Isaiah 52:8Listen! Your watchmen lift up their voices, together they shout for joy. For every eye will see when the LORD returns to Zion.Ezekiel 33:2–9“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,Hebrews 13:17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.Acts 20:27–31For I did not shrink back from declaring to you the whole will of God.Hosea 8:1Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.Ezekiel 3:17–21“Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel. Whenever you hear a word from My mouth, give them a warning from Me.Amos 3:6–8If a ram’s horn sounds in a city, do the people not tremble? If calamity comes to a city, has not the LORD caused it?Jeremiah 31:6For there will be a day when watchmen will call out on the hills of Ephraim, ‘Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God!’”

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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