Key Verse Spotlight
Jeremiah 6:17 — Meaning and Application
King James Version
“Also I set watchmen over you, {saying}, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.”
Jeremiah 6:17
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
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.
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