Bible verse
I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
Jeremiah 6:17 · BSB
The verses around it, from Jeremiah 6.
13 “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
14 They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.
15 Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse,” says the LORD.
16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look. Ask for the ancient paths: ‘Where is the good way?’ Then walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it!’
17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen for the sound of the ram’s horn.’ But they answered, ‘We will not listen!’
18 Therefore hear, O nations, and learn, O congregations, what will happen to them.
19 Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
20 What use to Me is frankincense from Sheba or sweet cane from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please Me.”
21 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”
KJV
Also I set watchmen over you, [saying], Hearken to the sound of the trumpet. But they said, We will not hearken.
ASV
And I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
ERV
And I set watchmen over you, saying, Hearken to the sound of the trumpet; but they said, We will not hearken.
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